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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KURT STIPPLER,
KLAUS WASMUHT,
and REINHARD PRITSCHER
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Appeal No. 2003-0729
Application 08/914,346
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Kurt Stippler et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper
No. 16) of claims 12 through 24, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a method for controlling the wort
flow from a lauter tun and a device for performing such a method”
(specification, page 1). Representative claims 12 and 20 read as
follows:
12. A method for controlling a wort outflow from a lauter
tun during a brewing process, the lauter tun having wort therein,
the lauter tun having an outflow pipe connected thereto for
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