The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HUGO K. SCHULZ and LEONARD O. TURNER __________ Appeal No. 2001-0017 Application No. 09/040,479 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-8, 10-12, and 14-25. Claims 9 and 13 are indicated by the Examiner as being allowable subject to being rewritten in independent form to include all the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. An amendment filed February 23, 2000 after final rejection was denied entry by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007