The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KLAUS U. SCHONFELDER, KARL-HEINZ WIEDENMANN and UWE M. ZAKRZEWSKI ________________ Appeal No. 1997-2070 Application 08/487,921 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before CAROFF, JOHN D. SMITH and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 9 and 13-18. Claims 10-12 stand withdrawn from further consideration as directed to a non- elected invention. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007