The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JULIAN HARBU ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0320 Application No. 10/293,833 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, BAHR, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 10 through 27, all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 9 have been canceled.1 Appellant’s invention relates to a non-metallic gas valve assembly for a shock absorber and to a shock absorber assembly including such a non-metallic valve assembly. Independent claims 1 Claims 10, 14, 20, 23 and 26 were amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed concurrently with the brief on March 2, 2005.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007