The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex Parte WILEY P. KIRK, JOE X. ZHOU, BRUCE E. GNADE and CHIH-CHEN CHO _______________ Appeal No. 1998-1727 Application 08/340,097 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge and McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 2 and 4 to 24, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007