The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HERMANN WINNER and STEFAN WITTE ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0858 Application No. 08/890,933 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 3, 5 to 8, 10 and 11, as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These claims constitute all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. 1On February 15, 2001, the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 21) scheduled for March 8, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007