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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JUERGEN THOMAS, PETER SCHREYER, KNUT OPPENLAENDER, WOLFGANG GUENTHER and LOTHAR FRANZ, _____________ Appeal 97-1554 Application 08/495,5931 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 Application for patent filed 2 August 1995. Applicants claim the benefit of the1 filing date of PCT/EP94/00722, filed 9 March 1994 and German patent application P 43 09 074.5, filed 20 March 1993. The real party in interest is BASF Aktiengesellschaft.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007