The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRUCE D. LAWREY, THOMAS A.J. GROSS, and ROLF-VOLKER MEYER __________ Appeal No. 2004-2208 Application No. 10/158,988 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2004) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 21 (final Office action mailed Nov. 7, 2003) in the above-identified application. Claim 5, the only other pending claim, stands “objected to for depending on rejected claims.” (Id. at 3.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007