The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOEL ZDEPSKI, RAMA KALLURI, HOWARD PAGE and WOLF-HASSO KAUBISCH __________ Appeal No. 1999-2306 Application 08/639,284 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-28, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on December 7, 1998, and was entered by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007