The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte IVO G. DALLA LANA and KARL TZE-TANG CHUANG _____________ Appeal No. 1998-3189 Application No. 08/763,352 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 21 through 37, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claim 21 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007