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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TED Y. TSAI ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0647 Application No. 07/871,4011 ____________ HEARD: September 16, 1999 ____________ Before PAK, WARREN, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 8, which are the only claims in this application. 1Application for patent filed June 25, 1992. According to appellant, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/567,409, filed August 14, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/348,606, filed May 5, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 4,959,124 issued September 25, 1990.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007