The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALEXANDER JAN CAREL DE VRIES, ARMIN HERBERT EMIL AUGUST OLSCHEWSKI, JOHN HOWARD TRIPP and PIETER MARTIN LUGT ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0355 Application No. 10/080,714 ____________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 8, 2005 ____________ Before MCQUADE, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4-6, which are all of the claims pending in this application. The proposed amendment filed with the reply brief (Paper No. 18) has not been entered (see Paper No. 19). We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007