The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DIETER DOHRING __________ Appeal No. 2004-1717 Application 09/647,129 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 refusal to allow claims 1, 3 through 5, 7 and 8. Claims 9 through 11, the remaining claims in the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being drawn to a non-elected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007