The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEFAN GEISSLER, KARL H. SCHWEITZER, HELMUT BEYKIRCH, GERT LANGER and UDO WERNER ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0046 Application No. 08/442,103 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 34-72, all the claims currently pending in the application. An amendment filed subsequent to the final rejection on December 11, 1997 (Paper No. 10) has been refused entry. See the advisory letter mailed January 14, 1998 (Paper No. 11).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007