The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte YI-SHUNG CHAUG, THOMAS A. CARROLL, MARK SYNDER, and R. SCOTT WINSLOW ______________ Appeal No. 1999-1539 Application 08/584,118 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 9, 13 and 14. Claims 10 to 12 have been canceled.1 1Applicants’ amendment filed March 31, 1998, canceling claims 10-12, should be formally entered, in accordance with the indication in Part 3 of the Advisory Action mailed April (continued...) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007