The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ALF SCHULZ, DIRK SEFFER, MATTHIAS RIELAND and WERNER RUDOLPH __________ Appeal No. 2002-0924 Application 08/876,529 ___________ HEARD: JANUARY 23, 2003 ___________ Before OWENS, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-4, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007