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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte VOLKER NITSCHE and DR. WERNER SCHAIRER
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Appeal No. 2000-2118
Application No. 08/995,1391
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HEARD: NOVEMBER 21, 2002
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Before LALL, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-5, which are all of the claims pending in
the present application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to an optoelectronic
component suitable for mounting on a circuit board. External
connecting leads all emerge from one lateral face of the
1 Application for patent filed December 19, 1997, which claims the
foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Application
19653054.7, filed December 19, 1996.
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