Ex Parte Knebel et al - Page 1



               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication and is not binding               
               precedent of the Board.                                                

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                               Ex parte GUNTHER KNEBEL,                               
                                    LAJOS NYARSIK,                                    
                          HOLGER FRIEDRICH HEINRICH EICKHOFF,                         
                                   and HANS LEHRACH                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2005-0510                                 
                              Application No. 09/883,435                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                      ___________                                     

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 10, 12 through 24,         
          27 through 36, 38, 53 and 54, which are the only claims pending in          
          this application.  We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C.               
          § 134.                                                                      
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a                
          reaction vessel to produce crystals from a substance in liquid form         
          or in solution, where the vessel comprises at least one housing             
          part having several walled reaction chambers, each forming a                





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