The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ZAKARYAE FATHI, RICHARD S. GARARD and JIANGHUA WEI ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0729 Application No. 08/625,752 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 6, 14-18, 21, 22 and 25, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A method of bonding components comprising the steps of: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007