The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KLAUS NEUER, MONIKA PETSZULAT and HATTO WALCH __________ Appeal No. 2003-1422 Application 09/738,212 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM SMITH, GRIMES, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 21-30 and 33. Claims 31 and 32 are also pending, but have been withdrawn from consideration as directed to a non-elected invention. Claims 21 and 33 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and are reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007