The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 advisoryPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007