The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JURGEN HERRMANN and WERNER REINHART __________ Appeal No. 1998-2673 Application 08/557,1381 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL We commence by stating our understanding that the sole issue before us for review is the propriety of the examiner’s rejection of claims 19, 21, 30 and 31 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as 1 Filed November 16, 1995, which is a 35 U.S.C. § 371 filing of PCT Application No. PCT/DE94/01185, filed October 6, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007