THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALAIN WAGNER ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0185 Application No. 08/583,481 ____________ HEARD: February 9, 2000 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2 through 10. No other claims are pending in the application. Appellant’s invention relates to a method of placing a payload in a desired orbit (claims 2-5 and 10) and to a vehicle such as a launcher for the payload (claims 6-9).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007