The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ______________________ Ex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 FERDINAND GROGL and ALFRED MEHL ______________________ Appeal No. 2004-1879 Application No. 09/915,528 ______________________ HEARD: MARCH 8, 2005 ______________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BLANKENSHIP, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-9, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a cable with at least one transmission element, which is surrounded by a sheath of -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007