The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KATHARINA SEITZ, STEPHAN SÜßBRICH, MICHAEL HORNUNG, HEINRICH KÜHN, and FRANK HILTMANN _____________ Appeal No. 2002-0895 Application No. 09/402,552 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WALTZ, and TIMM, 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 20 and 21. Claims 1 through 10 and 12 through 16, the remaining claims in the above-identified application, have been indicated to be allowable.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007