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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte AUGUST LIEPOLD, BERND SCHOLTYSIK, HARTMUT THIELE and JOSE TORAL ________________ Appeal No. 98-1938 Application 08/570,1961 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed December 11, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/121,433, filed September 16, 1993, now abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/835,833, filed February 18, 1992, now U. S. Patent No. 5,257,749, issued November 2, 1993. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007