The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte UWE NUMRICH, MICHAEL WICKER, KLAUS ALBRECHT, HEINZ VETTER, HERMANN JAKSCH, and ERNST MOHR _____________ Appeal No. 2003-1625 Application No. 09/341,669 ______________ HEARD: DECEMBER 9, 2003 _______________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 14-16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 32. The only other claims remaining in the application, which are claims 17, 20, 23, 26, 27, 30 and 31, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007