Ex Parte Breitung et al - Page 1




                     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                                          is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                                ____________                                                
                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                                ____________                                                
                                        Ex parte ERIC M. BREITUNG,                                          
                                      EELCO M.S. van HAMERSVELD,                                            
                                          DANIEL ROBERT OLSON                                               
                                        and MARC BRIAN WISNUDEL                                             
                                                ____________                                                
                                            Appeal No. 2003-1892                                            
                                          Application No. 09/681,288                                        
                                                ____________                                                
                                                  ON BRIEF                                                  
                                                ____________                                                
                Before GARRIS, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative                             
                Patent Judges.                                                                              
                JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                              


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                      Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting              
                claims 1 to 23 and 26 to 32.1  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.2                 

                      1  According to the Examiner, Final Rejection page 1, the subject matter claims 24 and
                25 has been allowed.                                                                        
                      2  In rendering this decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments presented in  
                the Brief filed January 21, 2003 and the Reply Brief filed June 03, 2003.                   




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