The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NURGUN ERDOL and FENG BAO __________ Appeal No. 1998-2379 Application No. 08/315,942 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 21, 31 to 33, and 36 to 39. Claims 1 through 20 have been allowed, and claims 22 to 30, 34, 35, 40 and 41 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected basePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007