The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARC WEYDERT, UWE E, FRANK, RENE J. ZIMMER and FILOMENO G. CORVASCE ____________ Appeal 2007-0103 Application 10/603,023 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: November 17, 2006 ____________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REMAND TO THE EXAMINER This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12 and 16. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A tire having a tread comprised of a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of at least one diene-based elastomer wherein selected from the group consisting of natural or synthetic cis 1,4-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007