Ex Parte DING et al - Page 1




         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         not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the            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. 40          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    __________                                      
                                Ex parte PEIJUN DING                                
                                        and                                         
                                    TONY CHIANG                                     
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-2461                                
                             Application No. 08/855,059                             
                                    ___________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                    ___________                                     
         Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.           
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
         (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through             
         10, 12 through 18, and 20 through 23, which are all of the                 
         claims pending in the above-identified application.1                       

                                                                                   
              1  In reply to the final Office action of Apr. 12, 2000               
         (paper 22), the appellants submitted an amendment pursuant to 37           
         CFR § 1.116 (2000) on Jun. 2, 2000 (paper 23), proposing changes           
         to claims 1 and 13.  The examiner indicated in the advisory                





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