Ex Parte SHIH et al - Page 1



            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not        
            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.        
                                                            Paper No. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                             Ex parte CHING-HSING SHIH,                               
                        HIS-SHEN CHUANG and CHENG-FANG CHUNG                          
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2003-0626                                  
                             Application No. 09/410,896                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH and POTEATE, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s            
          refusal to allow claims 1-3, 5, 8-10, 12-16 and 18-20, which are            
          all of the claims pending in the application.                               
               Claims 1 and 16 are representative of the subject matter on            
          appeal and are reproduced below:                                            







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