Ex parte BRINKMANN et al. - Page 1




                            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                     a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30                        

                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                   Ex parte ULRICH BRINKMANN, RALF MATTES,                                               
                                                and STEPHAN FISCHER                                                      
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                                  Appeal No. 1996-0449                                                   
                                               Application No. 08/009,423                                                
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                                        ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before WINTERS, GRON, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
              ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     

                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      

                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 83-92,                   
              which are all of the claims pending in this case.  Independent claim 83 is illustrative of the             
              subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:                                                             





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