The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CHRISTIAN-FRIEDRICH VON BROCKDORFF ____________ Appeal No. 2003-2102 Application No. 09/254,723 ____________ Heard: March 18, 20041 ____________ Before MARTIN, RUGGIERO, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1 The examiner initially requested to be present during the Oral Hearing (Paper No. 20, mailed June 20, 2003). However, in an E-mail communication to Mrs. Eleanor Cook at the BPAI, the examiner waived his presence at the Oral Hearing.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007