The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS SCHMUTZ, ERICH KRAMER, HANS ZWEIFEL, and BRUNO ROTZINGER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1448 Application No. 08/709,975 ______________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 17, 18, 29, 30 and 35, which are all the claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007