The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KIN S. CHAN, HUNG QUI LE and DUNG Q. NGUYEN _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2661 Application 08/633,267 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 16, 18 and 19. The examiner has allowed claim 20 and has objected to claim 17 as being 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007