The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WOLFGANG FRIEDRICH, HEINZ-JOSEF KNEUPER, KARSTEN ELLER, ANDREAS HENNE, and ROLF LEBKÜCHER _____________ Appeal No. 2000-2179 Application No. 09/235,242 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2 through 6, which are all the claims pending in the above-identified application. According to appellants (Brief, page 3), “none of the claims have been argued separately.” Therefore, for purposes of thisPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007