The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WOLFGANG KLAUCK, ERNST-ULRICH RUST, LUDGER WILLEKE, PETER DAUTE, JOHANN KLEIN, and ALFRED STRUVE ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1931 Application No. 10/305,201 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 16 to 34 and 43. Claims 39-42 have been withdrawn from consideration.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. ' 134. 1 In rendering this decision, we have considered the Appellants' arguments presented in the Briefs filed February 14, 2005 and April 28, 2005 and the Examiner's position presented in the Answer mailed May 11, 2005.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007