The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SIEGFRIED DORNHOFER ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1931 Application No. 08/395,411 ____________ HEARD: OCTOBER 11, 2000 ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal taken from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 through 15, 17, and 18. However, subsequent to the final rejection, claim 8 was canceled and claims 2 and 7 were amended. Claim 12 stands objected by the examiner, and claim 16 stands withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFRPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007