The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CLAUDIO DE LA PRIETA, GERHARD HOETZEL, CARMEN SCHMIEDEL, PETRA KITIRATSCHKY, THOMAS SCHULTE, and HANS-DIETER WIEMHOEFER __________ Appeal No. 2002-0258 Application No. 09/254,402 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, TIMM, 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 11-20. Claims 1-10 have been canceled. Thus, only claims 11-20 are before us on appeal. REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM Claim 11, 12, and 18 are representative of the claims on appeal. They read as follows: 11. A measuring arrangement for analyzing gas components in a gas mixture, comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007