THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 65 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ______________________ Ex parte WOLFGAN JAKOBI, BENNO BESLER, WERNER A. KLUGE-PALETTA, SUSANN FRIEDRICH, PETER JAUCHEN, and BODO SZONN _____________________ Appeal No. 2003-0459 Application 08/727,3281 _____________________ HEARD: JULY 15, 2003 ____________________ Before PAK, KRATZ, and POTEATE, 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 15, 16 and 21 through 23. Claims 18 through 20, the remaining claims in the above- identified reissue application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being drawn to a nonelected invention. 1 Application for patent filed October 8, 1996. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007