The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte REINHARD ALBERS, RALF DUJARDIN, HEINZ PUDLEINER, JOACHIM SIMON, GUNTHER EBERZ, WOLFGANG KREISS, and CHRISTINA KRASEMANN-SHARMA __________ Appeal No. 2003-0839 Application No. 09/646,339 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, and 8. Claim 2 is also pending, but Appellants have not appealed the rejection of claim 2. See the Appeal Brief, page 2.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007