The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EINAR JOHAN AASEN, EDWARD JAMES MORLEY, OLE TERJE MIDLING and ANDERS SANDVIK __________ Appeal No. 2002-1352 Application 09/051,975 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before STONER Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 9, 10, 13 and 16 as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed October 19, 2001 (Paper No. 19) and from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 18 through 20 and 23. Claims 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22 and 24 through 26, which 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007