Ex Parte Bertram et al - Page 1



          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                   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                            
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                               
                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                       
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                               Ex parte DIETRICH BERTRAM,                                   
                                     KLEMENS BRUNNER,                                       
                               JOHANNES WILLEM HOFSTRAAT,                                   
                                            and                                             
                                        HANS NIKOL                                          
                                        __________                                          
                                   Appeal No. 2005-0912                                     
                               Application No. 10/233,459                                   
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                                         ON BRIEF                                           
                                        ___________                                         
          Before WALTZ, 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                    
          10 (final Office action mailed on Apr. 5, 2004), which are all                    
          of the claims pending in the above-identified application.1                       

                                                                                           
                1  In reply to the final Office action, the appellants                      
          submitted an amendment pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.116 (cont.)                         




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