The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HORST HECKEL, DETLEF SKALETZ, BRUNO WAGNER and JOACHIM HEYDWEILLER __________ Appeal No. 1999-2601 Application 08/862,682 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Horst Heckel et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 2 and 5 through 12, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to a process for the production of fiber-reinforced composite material. Representative claim 5 reads as follows: 5. A process for the production of a fiber-reinforced composite material in an impregnation device, which, in order to form a filament band, comprises: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007