The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LIXIAO WANG, PAUL J. MILLER, DANIEL J. HORN and DEBORAH A. FRANK ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0583 Application No. 08/955,984 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-5, 14, 15 and 27-30, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 Claims 31 and 32 were canceled subsequent to the final rejection in an1 amendment filed September 7, 1999 (Paper No. 16). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007