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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GUNTER A. HOFMANN ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2539 Application No. 08/328,895 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 18, mailed March 27, 1998) of claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 1Claims 1, 13 and 20 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007