The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WERNER FASSLER, CHARLES D. DEBOER, and JOHN E. MOONEY _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0881 Application No. 09/169,071 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, OWENS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 6 and 8, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 9 through 13 have been canceled subsequent to the final Office action dated July 27, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007