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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARKUS SCHEUBER
and
HANS FREI
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Appeal No. 2002-2125
Application No. 09/078,914
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRATZ, DELMENDO and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. Claims
1-4, 9-10 and 12-18 have been canceled. Thus, claims 5-8, 11, and
19-23 are before us on appeal.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
The appellants have indicated that claims 5-8 stand together;
claims 11, 20 and 21 stand together; claims 22-23 stand together,
and claim 19 stands alone. Accordingly, we shall focus our
attention on claim 8 (the independent method claim), claim 11 (the
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