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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANZ DOBESBERGER, HERBERT FLANKL,
DIETMAR LEITIMEIER, and ALOIS BIRGMANN
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Appeal No. 2006-0010
Application No. 10/170,538
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HEARD: December 15, 2005
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 21 to
68.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. ' 134.
1According to the Examiner, Answer page 2, the subject matter of claims 59 and 63 are objected
to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim. However, these claims have been included in a ' 103
rejection.
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