The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DO HUI TEH, PEK YEW TAN, and SUA HONG NEO Appeal No. 1999-1793 Application 08/161,7981 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1 Application for patent filed December 6, 1993, entitled "Bit Allocation Method For Digital Audio Signals," which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 5-030712, filed February 19, 1993. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007