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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS RIENER and PETER SCHMALLEGGER
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Appeal No. 2003-1477
Application No. 09/248,533
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the
examiner to allow claims 4-9 as amended subsequent to the final
rejection.1 These are all of the claims remaining in the
1 On page 2 of the answer, the examiner states that the after-final-
rejection amendment filed December 5, 2001 has not been entered (which is
inconsistent with the examiner’s subsequent indication that the copy of the
appealed claims in the brief appendix is correct since this copy reflects
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