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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ 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 ____________ 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: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007