The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 VADIM V. IVANOV, SHOUBAO YAN and WALTER B. MEINEL __________ Appeal No. 2006-0380 Application 10/445,783 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-3 and 15-17. Claims 4-14, 18 and 19 have been canceled, and claims 20-24 have been withdrawn from consideration. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007