The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HANNO REIMANN, GÖTZ REIMANN, and SIEGFRIED MEININGER __________ Appeal No. 1999-0772 Application No. 08/600,165 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 12 through 17 in the above-identified application.1 Claims 7 through 11, which are 1 In response to the final Office action of December 16, 1997 (paper 12), the appellants submitted an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116 (1981), proposing changes to claims 12 and 14-16. The examiner indicated in the advisory action of March 23, 1998Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007