The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PETER THURMANN, HANS IHRLICH, ARNOLD SCHILZ, HANS JURGEN HOFMANN, INES KISTENBRUGGER, and MICHAEL AUER ____________ Appeal No. 2006-2839 Application No. 10/699,229 Technology Center 3600 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, OWENS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3-7 and 13. Claim 2 has been cancelled. Claims 8-12 have been indicated as allowable, and claims 14-21 have been allowed (brief, page 2). We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007