The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GERHARD FUCHS and RUPERT SPINDELBALKER ___________ Appeal No. 2003-0421 Application No. 09/508,793 __________ ON BRIEF _________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s final rejection of claims 6, 7 and 9. Claims 10 and 11 are the only other claims pending in this application and stand allowed by the examiner (see the amendment dated Dec. 7, 2001, Paper No. 9, entered as noted in the Answer dated Apr. 4, 2002, Paper No. 13; see the Order Returning Undocketed Appeal to Examiner dated Aug. 6, 2002, Paper No. 16, and the Reply Brief dated Sep. 23, 2002, Paper No. 18). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007