Appeal No. 2001-2395 Page 2 Application No. 09/433,198 Representative Claim Claim 13, which is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, reads as follows: The Prior Art Reference In rejecting the appealed claims on prior art grounds, the examiner relies on the following reference: Müller et al. (Müller) WO 91/03229 Mar. 21, 19911 1 In evaluating the merits of this case, we have relied on a PTO translation of the Müller reference prepared in February 2000 (copy enclosed with this opinion). When we discuss specific passages or portions of the Müller reference, we shall refer to the pagination as it appears in the PTO translation.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007