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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte PING-PEI HO and ROBERT R. ALFANO _____________ Appeal No. 95-1923 Application 08/051,9871 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, LEE and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claim 19, the only claim pending in appellants’ application. The invention pertains to a multiple-stage optical gate. Claim 19 reads as follows: 1Application for patent filed April 26, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application 07/784,220, filed October 30, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,227,912, granted July 13, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007