THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HANS W. STEINMETZ, ALFRED MESSMER and DIRK A. PETRY _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0402 Application No. 08/490,046 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-5, which constitute all of the claims of record in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007