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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WEI GAO and JOHN B. VANDER SANDE __________ Appeal No. 96-1353 Application 07/696,9731 __________ HEARD: December 10, 1997 __________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 3 through 6, 8 through 55 and 57 through 89. Claim 2 has been withdrawn from consideration as being directed 1Application for patent filed May 1, 1991. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/542,170 filed June 22, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007