The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DEREK D. CHAPMAN, ANN L. CARROLL-LEE, and CSABA A. KOVACS _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1433 Application No. 09/027,0741 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-11 which are all of the claims in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to an optical recording element having a recording layer which comprises a metallized azoPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007