The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KURT HOFFMAN, HEINZ HERBST and RUDOLF PFAENDNER __________ Appeal No. 2004-0824 Application 09/879,422 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 21-23 and 26-30. Claims 24 and 25, which are all of the other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007