The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROGER SEELI, MAURO PEDRAZZINI, and VOLKER DERFLINGER __________ Appeal No. 2005-1089 Application No. 09/947,454 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, 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 25 (final Office action mailed on October 23, 2003) in the above-identified application. Claims 26 and 27, the only other pending claims, have been withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (2003)(effective Dec. 22, 1959). (Id. at 5-6.)Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007