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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GUNTHER MUELLER, HERBERT FINK
and JOACHIM HEYNE
____________
Appeal No. 1998-2425
Application No. 08/656,871
____________
HEARD: April 25, 2001
____________
Before, KIMLIN, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal
to allow claims 16-24 and 35, as amended after final
rejection. Claims 25-34, which are the only other claims that
remain pending in this application, stand withdrawn from
further consideration by the examiner as drawn to a non-
elected invention (answer,
page 1).
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007