The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BERND KLITSCH, STEFAN BREHM and MICHAEL MULLER ____________ Appeal No. 2005-1708 Application No. 10/370,122 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE 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 1-8, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND The appellants’ invention relates to a damping element between two masses, comprising a container tube 8, a piston 11 arranged in the container tube, a piston rod 12 connected to the piston and a fixing component 1 to connect the damping element to one of the two masses, the piston rod being connected to the other of the two masses.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007