THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ROLF DHEIN, KNUD REUTER, LOTHAR BACKER, JOACHIM PROBST, WERNER KUBITZA AND RAINER RETTIG ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0334 Application 08/211,6981 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before METZ, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. METZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 4 and 5, all the claims remaining in the application. Application for patent filed April 13, 1994. Filed1 pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371 based on PCT/EP92/02373, filed on October 15, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007