The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 49 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NORBERT HEIMBURGER, GERHARD KUMPE, and KLAUSE WELLNER __________ Appeal No. 1997-3501 Application No. 08/253,232 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, MILLS Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2-4, 6, 8-10, 16, 19, 21, 24-28 and 30, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007