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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DIETER MAUER ________________ Appeal No. 99-0165 Application 08/478,0701 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Dieter Mauer appeals from the final rejection of claims 16 through 21, all of the claims pending in the application. 1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995. According to appellant, the application is a division of Application 08/154,649, filed November 18, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,478,051, issued December 26, 1995, which is a division of Application 07/857,021, filed March 24, 1992, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007