The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SAMUEL T. GOUGE, LEONARD E. HODAKOWSKI, PAUL J. WEBER, and CHI-YU R. CHEN _____________ Appeal No. 1997-1281 Application No. 08/317,830 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, PAK, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 20, 28 through 35,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007