The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte NORBERT KNAB and HOLGER PRUESSEL ________________ Appeal No. 1999-2418 Application No. 08/737,510 ________________ HEARD: October 9, 2001 ________________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4. Claims 5-9 have been held to contain allowable subject matter and are not before us on appeal. 1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007