The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BREMSER, THOMAS KRUGER, WILMA LOCKEN, STEPHAN SCHWARTE, and HEINZ-PETER RINK _____________ Appeal No. 2006-2268 Application No. 10/468,448 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants appeal the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 14, 16 to 21, and 23 to 27. We have jurisdiction under 351 U.S.C. § 134. 1The Examiner has indicated that the subject matter of claims 15 and 22 is allowable, however these claims are objected to as depending upon a rejected claim. (Answer, p. 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007