The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte RAYMOND SENKUS, CHUNG I. YOUNG, LEONARD W. BARRETT and YING-YUH LU _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1903 Application No. 08/781,055 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CAROFF, PAK and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection (Paper No. 17) of claims 1-7 and 11-28. Other claims, i.e., claims 8-10, have been objected to, with the examiner indicating that they would be allowable if rewritten so as not to depend on a rejected base claim (Paper No. 15). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007