The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HANS-PETER WILFER ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0603 Application No. 09/713,353 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection of claims 12 and 14-22, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 12, 15 and 17 were amended subsequent to the final rejection (see Paper Nos. 10 and 11) and claim 13 was canceled. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007