0The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DIETER FEST and MARKUS EDSPERGER ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1598 Application No. 09/250,8781 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. BACKGROUND Appellants’ invention is directed to a theft protection system for an automobile and a method for initializing the theft protection system. 1 Application for patent filed February 16, 1999, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Application No. 198 05 969.8, filed February 13, 1998.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007