The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WOLFGANG ECKER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1361 Application No. 08/933,8801 ____________ HEARD: March 20, 2002 ____________ Before BARRETT, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 8, which are all of the pending claims in this application. We affirm-in-part. 1 Application for patent filed September 19, 1997, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Application 19639935.1, filed September 27, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007