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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHELBY D. WORLEY, GANG SUN,
WANYING SUN and
TAY-YUAN CHEN
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Appeal No. 1998-3042
Application No. 08/310,6571
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ON BRIEF
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Before SPIEGEL, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Claims 2 through 12, 39 and 42 through 50 are pending. Claims 2 through 12 and
44 through 47 have been indicated as allowable; and, claims 42 and 43 have been
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withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) by the examiner. Accordingly,
1Application for patent filed September 22, 1994. According to appellants, this application
is continuation-in-part of application 08/282,154, filed July 28, 1994, now U.S. Patent 5,490,983, which
issued February 13, 1996, which is a continuation of application 08/031,228, filed March 12, 1993, now
abandoned.
2See the examiner's answer (Paper No. 22, mailed February 10, 1998, p. 2).
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