The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HANS-MARTIN MEHLERT and DIETMAR KRUGER ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0484 Application No. 09/116,409 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007