The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EMIL VEIT-SALOMON and TOBIAS KOCH ___________ Appeal No. 2002-1548 Application No. 09/408,042 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before COHEN, 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 1, 3 through 9, 11 through 14 and 16 through 20 as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed July 25, 2001 (Paper No. 9). Claims 1, 3 through 9, 11 through 14 and 16 through 20 are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 2, 10 and 15 have been canceled. As noted on page 3 of the specification, appellants’ invention is directed to a car body for a streetcar, subway car or similar vehicle and, more particularly, to such a car whereinPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007