The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES MENDLER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1279 Application No. 09/053,025 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 22, all of the claims in the application. Claims 1 and 17 were amended (Paper No. 9) subsequent to the final rejection. Appellant’s invention pertains to a high efficiency vehicle and engine, and a method for increasing the efficiency of, and for reducing the torsional vibration of, aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007