The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte FRANK PUSCHNER, JURGEN FISCHER and JOSEF HEITZER ________________ Appeal No. 2001-1556 Application 09/333,322 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-13, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on July 27, 2000 but was denied entry by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007