The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANZ ESSER, HELMUT STAHLE, SVEN LUTTKE, IKONOBU MURAMATSU, HISATO KITAGAWA and SHUJIL UCHIDA ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0393 Application No. 09/536,728 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ELLIS, SCHEINER and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL and REMAND This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 21-24, 26, 30-33, 39-50, 55-65 and 71-81. Claims 1-20 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007