The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SEUNG-HUN OH ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2552 Application No. 08/292,977 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 18 through 20, 31, 33, 35 and 36 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated Nov. 6, 1997, Paper No. 36, entered as per the Advisory Action dated Nov. 26, 1997, Paper No. 37). According to appellant, the invention is directed to a method of producing an optical fiber secondary preform by collapsing an over-cladding tube on an optical fiber primaryPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007