The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KLAUS LERCHENMUELLER WOLFGANG ENDRES and CORNELIUS GAIDA _______________ Appeal No. 2006-0452 Application No. 10/442,040 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-16. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007