The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOOST J. BRASZ and BRUCE P. BIEDERMAN ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0349 Application No. 10/293,727 Technology Center 3700 ____________ Decided: June 29, 2006 ____________ Before OWENS, CRAWFORD 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 1-5, 10-14 and 18-26. The rejections of claims 6-9 and 15-17 were withdrawn in the examiner’s answer (mailed July 2, 2004; p. 2). Accordingly, these claims are not involved in this appeal. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007