The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTIAN SCHADE, HORST WESTENFELDER, KARIN SPERLING-VIETMEIER, AXEL SANNER, and HANS-ULRICH WEKEL _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1156 Application No. 08/578,706 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 7 through 11 which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal is directed to a process for stabilizing an oil-in-water emulsion. According to the declaration of record (Paper No. 17), to carry out the process,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007