The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte HORST GRUNE, PETER BUCHNER
and RITTMAR VON HELMOLT
Appeal No. 2003-1907
Application No. 09/214,893
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, TIMM and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 14-17
and 19-30, all the claims remaining in the present application.
Claim 17 is illustrative:
17. An electrical vehicle having a drive battery comprising
a fuel cell system, said fuel cell system comprising at least an
integrated cooling system through which a gaseous coolant of air
flows, the fuel cells being installed in the fuel cell system
with the plane normals of the active surface of the individual
fuel cells extending perpendicular to the direction of travel,
the fuel cell system being arranged in the vehicle so that the
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