Ex Parte Chong - Page 1



                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                          
                                      is not binding precedent of the Board.                                 

                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
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                                      Ex parte ZHU ZHAO CHONG                                                
                                             Appeal 2007-1685                                                
                                          Application 10/106,402                                             
                                          Technology Center 1700                                             
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                                          Decided:  June 29, 2007                                            
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                Before PETER F. KRATZ, JEFFREY T. SMITH and                                                  
                LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
                GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                      This is an appeal from the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-20 and                     
                25-33.1  Although the action appealed from was a non-final rejection, we                     
                have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134 since these claims have                 
                been twice presented and rejected.  See Ex parte Lemoine, 46 USPQ2d 1420,                    
                1423 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1994).                                                            
                      We affirm.                                                                             
                                                                                                            
                1 An oral hearing was conducted on June 6, 2007.                                             



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