The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HANS-JOSEF BUYSCH, CARSTEN HESSE, JORG-DIETRICH JENTSCH, JOHANN RECHNER, and EBERHARD ZIRNGIEBL ____________ Appeal No. 1999-1459 Application No. 08/625,613 HEARD FEBRUARY 20, 2002 ____________________________ Before LIEBERMAN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and NAGUMO, 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 1 through 20 which are all of the claims pending in this application. THE INVENTIONPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007