The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PETER ROMANN, FERDINAND REITER, and RUDOLF BABITZKA ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0089 Application No. 08/975,469 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before CALVERT, COHEN, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 7 through 9, and 16. Claim 10 through 15 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner, in accordance with 37 CFR 1 An oral hearing set for May 22, 2001 was waived by appellants (Paper No. 42). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007