The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NORBERT WOLTERS and RICHARD WÜBBELS ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0352 Application No. 09/727,134 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (mailed June 27, 2002) of claims 1 to 7, 20 and 21. Claims 8 to 13, 15 and 17 to 19, which are the only other claims pending in this application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. We AFFIRM-IN-PART and REMAND.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007