Ex parte CHIENG et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                
                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                           Paper No. 17                                       
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                   Ex parte PAUL C. CHIENG, DEBORAH J. BRAME                                                                  
                                                   and ALEXANDER H. T. CHU                                                                    
                                                              __________                                                                      
                                                        Appeal No. 94-2414                                                                    
                                                   Application 07/911,5041                                                                    
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                                                     HEARD:  June 11, 1997                                                                    
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                Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and THIERSTEIN, Administrative Patent                                                               
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                   

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                                                         
                rejection of claims 32 and 34-46.  Claims 31 and 33 stand                                                                     
                withdrawn from further reconsideration as directed to a non-                                                                  
                elected invention.                                                                                                            


                         1Application for patent filed July 10, 1992.  According to                                                           
                appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                                     
                07/342,547 filed April 24, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,158,758                                                                
                issued October 27, 1992.                                                                                                      
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