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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DUANE K. ZACHARIAS, YUNG H. HUANG and FRANK GERALD __________ Appeal No. 1998-2834 Application 08/659,8581 ___________ HEARD: January 10, 2000 ___________ Before COHEN, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 18 and 21 through 29, all the claims currently pending in the application. As stated on page 1 of the specification, “[t]he present 1Application for patent filed June 7, 1996. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of 08/331,072, filed October 28, 1994, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007