The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GERHARD STEININGER, RAINER LUDWIG and GERD HOFFMANN __________ Appeal No. 1998-0758 Application 08/434,073 ___________ HEARD: February 22, 2001 ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 9-15 and refusal to allow claim 16 as amended after final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007