The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHUAN QIN, PARTRICK T. RYAN, DONNA L. ROSTRON, BIRENDRA K. LAL, YUANPANG S. DING, SUSAN R. MIZENER, LECOND WOO and MICHAEL T. K. LING __________ Appeal No. 1999-2329 Application 08/642,278 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 10, all the claims in the application.1 1An amendment after final rejection seeking to add claims 11 to 30 was denied entry by the examiner (Advisory Action, Apr. 10, 1998 (Paper No. 15)). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007