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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte FUK H. P. NG and SHIVALING S. MAHANT-SHETTI ________________ Appeal No. 1997-1416 Application 08/277,386 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 17-29 and 45-57, which constitute all the claims remaining in this application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on April 13, 1995 but was denied entry by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007