The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CHRISTIAN WAMPRECHT and MICHAEL SONNTAG ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3113 Application No. 08/583,167 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3. Claims 4 and 5, which are the only other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007