The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HEINZ LUFT _______________ Appeal No. 2006-1149 Application No. 10/296,406 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 10-20 which constitute all the claims pending in this application. The disclosed invention pertains to an adapter for electrical plug-in connections on fuel injectors. Representative claim 10 is reproduced as follows: 10. An adapter for connecting an electrical plug-in connector of a fuel injector to a counterplug, the adapter comprising: • a first end pluggable into the plug-in connector of the fuel injector;Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007