Paper No. 40 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte HARTMUT BEUG, MAX L. BIRNSTIEL, MATTHEW COTTEN, ERNST WAGNER and HARALD KANDOLF ______________ Appeal No. 1996-1005 Application 07/947,982 _______________ HEARD: March 7, 2000 _______________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, GRON and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 67, 69, 71, 73 through 80, 96, 97, 99 and 104 through 106, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 67 and 96 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007