The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTOPH MENGEL, DIETMAR DUDEK, MARK A. HACKLER, and ANANDKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN KANNURPATTI ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0511 Application No. 10/258,312 ____________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, OWENS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 32, 34, 36 through 38 and 40 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated Dec. 1, 2004, entered as per the Advisory Action dated Dec. 21, 2004). Claims 33, 35 and 39 are the only other claims pending in this application and are indicated as allowable (id.; see also the Brief, page 2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007