Ex Parte Liao 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                                      publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                         


                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                          
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                           
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                                    Ex parte WEN-YIH LIAO,                                                           
                                         CHIEN-LIANG HUANG, CHUEN-FUN YAN,                                                           
                                           HUEI-WEN YANG, TZUAN-REN JENG,                                                            
                                           DER-RAY HUANG, ANDREW TEH HU,                                                             
                                          MING-CHIA LEE and CHUNG-CHUN LEE                                                           
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                                                      Appeal No.  2006-0585                                                          
                                                    Application No. 09/917,751                                                       
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                 
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               Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
               GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  


                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                               
                       This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 30-49.                                                  
                       The subject matter on appeal relates to a data storage media which includes a recording                       
               layer containing a mixture of a first and second cyanine dye-TCNQ complex having particular                           
               formulas.  Further details of this appealed subject matter are set forth in representative                            
               independent claim 40 which reads as follows:                                                                          








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