The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TERRY B. STROM, XIN X. ZHENG and ALAN STEELE __________ Appeal No. 2000-08391 Application No. 08/355,502 __________ HEARD: November 29, 2001 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-4 and 8-10, which are all the claims pending in the application. 1 We note that this appeal is related to Appeal No. 2001-0893 (Application No. 08/968,905) accordingly these two appeals were considered together.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007