The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOO-NYUNG JANG and KYUNG-HO KWACK _____________ Appeal No. 1999-2250 Application No. 08/980,308 ______________ HEARD: May 22, 2002 _______________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-11, all of the pending claims. The invention is directed to an optical wavelength filter and multiplexer best illustrated by reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1. An optical wavelength filter, comprising: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007