The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte HARTMUT FUHRMANN, DIRK PROBIAN, ROLAND HOLL, KLAUS PETER REICHARDT, KARSTEN WENDT, THOMAS WEISS and ALBRECHT VOLZ Appeal No. 2001-1417 Application No. 09/042,520 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10-16, and 18-24. Claims 3, 5, 9, and 17 have been canceled. The Examiner approved entry of an after final amendment filed January 18, 2000 but denied entry of the after final amendment filed October 10, 2000. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007