The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HUBERT J. GAETKE ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1453 Application No. 08/990,945 ____________ HEARD: October 9, 2001 ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 6- 11. The remaining claims have been withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected species of the invention (Paper No. 11). We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007