The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 56 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HANS-WERNER MEIXNER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1850 Application No. 08/288,574 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 24 and 26 through 29. Claims 37 through 40 stand withdrawn; 37 CFR 1.142(b). These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. 1 Attendance at the oral hearing set for Thursday, July 17, 2003, was waived by appellant (Paper No. 55). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007