The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PETER PFEUFFER, HANS-JOACHIM LIPPOLD, MARKUS FRONHFER, and HANS LEIBOLD ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0960 Application No. 08/785,437 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 16, all the claims in the application. The claims on appeal are drawn to a filter element, and are reproduced in the appendix of appellants’ brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007