The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte UWE W. SCHULZ and OLIVIER JOSSERAND __________ Appeal No. 2000-1346 Application 08/730,516 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Uwe W. Schulz et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8. Claim 9 stands objected to as depending from a rejected base claim. Claims 10 through 20, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b). THE INVENTION 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007