The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DIETRICH STEPHANI and HEINZ MITLEHNER _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0887 Application No. 08/702,074 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, and 9-36. Claims 2, 3, and 6-8 have been indicated by the Examiner to be allowable subject to being rewritten in independent form to include all of the limitations of the base and intervening claims. The claimed invention relates to a barrier junctionPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007