The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL ODER __________ Appeal No. 2002-1828 Application 09/424,606 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 12 through 27, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 11 have been canceled. Appellant’s invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine (claim 12), a control element for a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007