The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ELLIE YIEH, PAUL GEE, LI-QUN XIA, FRANCIMAR CAMPANA, SHANKAR VENKATARANAN, DANA TRIBULA and BANG NGUYEN ________________ Appeal No. 2000-0037 Application 08/627,6311 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before METZ, KRATZ and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. METZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 36, all the claims remaining in this application. Application for patent filed April 4, 1996. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007