The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LEON W. TERSTAPPEN and CHIA-HUEI CHEN __________ Appeal No. 1997-2391 1 Application 08/239,265 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before ROBINSON, SPIEGEL and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges. SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 13, 15 and 16, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1, 5, 6 and 8 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Application for patent filed May 6, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/823,911, filed January 22, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007