The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOSEF SCHNEID _____________ Appeal No. 2001-1405 Application No. 09/207,766 ______________ HEARD: September 13, 2001 _______________ Before CALVERT, COHEN, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 3, 10 to 22, 27 to 30 and 32. The other claims in the application, 4 to 9, 23 to 26, 31 and 33 to 40, stand withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR §1.142(b) as being directed to nonelected inventions. The claims on appeal are drawn to a process for production of fittings, and are reproduced in the appendix of appellant’s brief. The prior art applied in the rejection before us is: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007