The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARIO BECHTOLD, BERND GRANZ, HANS-PETER HEINDEL, and ANDREA HEILINGBRUNNER _____________ Appeal No. 2003-1751 Application No. 09/179,357 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WARREN, and MOORE, 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 1 and 3 through 9, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER The subject matter on appeal is directed to a device for transmitting ultrasonic therapy to a breast of a patient. SeePage: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007