THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARTIN BRAHM, GERHARD RUTTMANN AND LUTZ SCHMALSTIEG ___________ Appeal No. 2000-1147 Application No. 08/706,5511 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 10-20. We reverse the examiner’s rejection of record. 1Application for patent filed on September 6, 1996. This application claims benefit under 35 USC §119 of DE Application 19534162.7, filed September 15, 1995. The real party in interest is Bayer AG. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007