The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RANDALL R. GAISER, XILUO ZHU and ROBERTO BUENO NIGRO __________ Appeal No. 2004-1811 Application 10/253,785 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 2, the only claims pending in this application. As noted on page 1 of the specification, an object of appellants’ invention is to provide an improved diesel engine piston that can perform satisfactorily under the increased 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007