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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WOLFGANG M. STROBEL
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Appeal No. 2002-0049
Application No. 09/317,538
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1 to 7, as
amended (Paper No. 12, filed January 17, 2001) subsequent to the final rejection
(Paper No. 8, mailed November 15, 2000). These claims constitute all of the claims
pending in this application.1
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
1 The rejection of claims 1 to 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, set forth in the final
rejection was withdrawn by the examiner (see the Advisory Action (Paper No. 13, mailed January 24,
2001) and page 2 of the answer).
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