The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MANFRED KAUFHOLD __________ Appeal No. 2001-0754 Application 09/040,276 ___________ HEARD: APRIL 24, 2002 ___________ Before OWENS, TIMM and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-14 and 16. Claims 17 and 18, which are all of the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007