The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALBERT LUTZ and MANFRED GERDES ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1574 Application No. 09/280,921 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 17- 21 and 23-25. Claims 3-16 and 22 have been allowed. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007