The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FERDINAND REITER ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0305 Application No. 09/077,356 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9-16. On page 2 of the answer (Paper No. 12), the examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 15 and 16, indicating them to be allowable. Accordingly, this appeal involves only claims 9-14. No other claims are pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007