THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SEBASTIAN BENENOWSKI, HANS-ULRICH DIETZE, ERICH NUDING, STEFAN SCHMEDDERS and RUDIGER ZIETHEN ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1506 Application No. 08/442,4131 ____________ HEARD: September 15, 1999 ____________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 5 through 15, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1Application for patent filed May 16, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007