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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 HARALD BORTFELD,
ALFRED KLATT and UWE WINKELHOLZ
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Appeal No. 2002-0882
Application 09/161,146
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HEARD: September 19, 2002
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Harald Bortfeld et al. originally took this appeal from the
final rejection (Paper No. 7) of claims 1 through 5 and 10
through 16. Upon consideration of the appellants’ appeal brief
(Paper No. 10), the examiner issued an office action (Paper No.
11) reopening prosecution and entering superseding rejections of
claims 1 through 5 and 10 through 16. In response, the
appellants filed a supplemental brief (Paper No. 12) which
effectively reinstated the appeal. Claims 6 through 9, the only
other claims pending in the application, stand allowed.
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