The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DIETRICH BERTRAM, KLEMENS BRUNNER, JOHANNES WILLEM HOFSTRAAT, and HANS NIKOL __________ Appeal No. 2005-0912 Application No. 10/233,459 ___________ 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.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007