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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHIN-YUAN G. MA and JAMES D. MCCULLOUGH, JR. __________ Appeal No. 1997-2344 Application 08/273,550 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, KRATZ, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 10. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007