The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 56 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GERHARD SEEMAN, KLAUS BOSSLET, and HANS H. SEDLACEK __________ Appeal No. 2000-0461 Application No. 08/460,569 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-9, 11 and 15, which are all the claims pending in the application. 1 Pursuant to appellants request (Paper No. 51, received November 22, 1999) an oral hearing for this appeal was scheduled for February 21, 2002. However, we note appellants waived (Paper No. 55, received February 12, 2002) their request for oral hearing. Accordingly, we considered this appeal on Brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007