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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HANS-JURGEN REUMERMAN, THOMAS MEUSER,
VEIT PIETZUCH and KAI KLAPDOHR
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Appeal No. 2002-1044
Application No. 09/017,096
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, FLEMING and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 10-13, 15, 20-22, 24
and 25. Claims 1-9 has been canceled. Claims 14, 16-19, 23 and 26-30 are objected
to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim that would be allowable if rewritten in
independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening
claims.1
1 See Examiner’s answer, page 6.
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