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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 48 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WERNER FRIES, KARL-WILHEIM KLEMM, ARNOLD DOBBELSTEIN and WERNER SOBITZKAT __________ Appeal No. 1997-3643 Application 08/484,047 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, KRATZ and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-14, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007