The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROLAND BISCHOFF, HELMUT DAUDEL, GUENTER FLECKENSTEIN and HERMANN HIERETH ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2454 Application No. 09/267,355 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We REVERSE AND ENTER A NEW REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR 1.196(b) 1Claim 1 was amended after the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007