The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HANS-FRIEDRICH HERRMANN, BERND BACHMANN, BERNHARD HIERHOLZER and WALTER SPALECK __________ Appeal No. 1997-3234 Application 08/040,671 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 8, 13, 19, 21 and 22, and refusal to allow claims 14, 16-18, 20, 24-26 as amended after final rejection and claim 28 which was added after final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellants claim a supported polymeric catalyst made by a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007