The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN CHENG-PING QIAN AND JULIA ANN SACARIAS __________ Appeal No. 2001-2396 Application 09/286,150 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GARRIS, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-12 and 14-20, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. In the answer (page 2), the examiner states thatPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007