The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ERWIN KRIMMER, WOLFGANG SCHULZ and TILMAN MIEHLE ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1524 Application No. 09/423,526 ____________ HEARD: October 8, 2002 ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, 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 12-19 and 31. Claims 25 and 27-30 have been allowed, claims 1-11 and 20-24 have been canceled, and the appeal from the final rejection of claim 26 was withdrawn by the appellants in the Brief. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007