The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANZ DOBESBERGER, HERBERT FLANKL, DIETMAR LEITIMEIER, ALOIS BIRGMANN and PETER SCHULZ ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1064 Application No. 10/170,684 ____________ HEARD: May, 9, 2006 ____________ Before KRATZ, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 17.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. ' 134. 1According to Appellants, Brief page 5, claims 18 to 42 have been withdrawn from consideration.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007