The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MANOOCHER BIRANG, RAMIN EMAMI, SHIJIAN LI and FRED C. REDEKER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1025 Application No. 09/454,354 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-25, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART AND ENTER NEW REJECTIONS UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007