The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT A. HOLTON, SEOKCHAN KIM, and YUKIO SUZUKI __________ Appeal No. 2001-1240 Application No. 08/374,520 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 29-56, all of the claims remaining. Claims 29 and 45 are representative and are reproduced in an appendix to this opinion. The examiner relies on the following references: Holton et al. 5,399,726 Mar. 21, 1995 Holton et al. 5,587,489 Dec. 24, 1996 Claims 29-44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-13 of U.S. Patent 5,399,726.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007