The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTOPH OSTER and MARTIN WAGNER ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2045 Application No. 09/360,936 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 12, mailed August 10, 2000) of claims 21 to 23, 31, 36 and 38.2 Claim 34, the only other claim pending in this application, depends from canceled claim 32 and has not been 1 On October 2, 2002, the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 22) scheduled for October 22, 2002. 2 Claims 24 to 30, 32, 33, 35 and 37 were canceled subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007