The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 UWE BORNSCHEUER, HARTMUT HERMANN MEYER and JOSEF ALTENBUCHNER __________ Appeal No. 2005-1745 Application No. 09/161,680 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ ELLIS, SCHEINER and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the examiner’s final rejection of claims 12-27. Claims 12, 20 and 24 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007