The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HELMUT FITZ and KLAUS BRUSTLE ____________ Appeal No. 2005-2135 Application No. 10/038,910 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McQUADE, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection of claims 22, 33-35, 42, 43, 45 and 47-50. Claims 23-32, 37-41 and 44 stand withdrawn from consideration as not being directed to an elected species or invention and claims 36 and 46 have been objected to as depending from a rejected claim but are otherwise indicated as allowable. Subsequent to the filing of this appeal, claim 34 was re-written in independent form in an amendment filed February 17, 2005.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007