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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MICHAEL S. LIU and JAMES C. LAI _______________ Appeal No. 97-1387 Application 08/251,0111 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 4. Claims 5 through 102 have been indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject matter and are not on appeal before us. 1 Application for patent filed May 31, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/997,864, filed December 29, 1992, now abandoned. 2 A rejection of claims 6 and 8 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007