The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROLAND GRUETZMACHER, ULRICH NAGORNY, WOLFGANG GRESS, RAINER HOEFER, ANDREAS HEIDBREDER, and BIRGIT HIRSCHBERGER _____________ Appeal No. 2000-2123 Application No. 09/029,637 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 10 through 33, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identifiedPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007