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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte WEI-SHIN HOU ________________ Appeal No. 1997-1515 Application 08/361,8911 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 30-40, 42-44 and 49. Claims 1-27, which are the only 1Application for patent filed December 21, 1994. According to appellant, the Application is a continuation of Application 08/050,840, filed April 21, 1993, now abandoned. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007