The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MING-SYAN CHEN, DILIP D. KANDLUR and PHILIP SHI-LUNG YU __________ Appeal No. 1998-2579 Application 08/350,195 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and BLANKENSHIP, 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 rejection of claims 1, 4, 7, 8 and 10. Claims 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9 have been cancelled. Claims 11 and 12 have been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007