The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte ZAKAUDDIN T. CHOWHAN and PATRICK H. VO _____________ Appeal 97-1939 Application 08/375,0491 ______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 Upon consideration of applicants' Appeal Brief (Paper 21) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper 22), it is ORDERED that the examiner's rejection of claims 37- 38, 42-43 and 45-46 as being unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. Application for patent filed 18 January 1995. The application on appeal is said1 to be a continuation of application 08/038,597, filed 16 March 1993. The real party in interest is Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007