The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EDGAR FREITAG and GUNTER BERGMANN __________ Appeal No. 2001-2176 Application 09/031,186 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Edgar Freitag et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 9) of claims 1, 2 and 5 through 11, all of the claims pending in the application.1 1 Claims 1 and 10 have been amended subsequent to final rejection. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007