The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHAN DAVID VAN DER TANG and WOLFDIETRICH GEORG KASPERKOVITZ ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0608 Application No. 09/886,198 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007