The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte CHE-HOO NG, EMI ISHIDA, JAIME M. REYES, JINNING LIU, and SANDEEP MEHTA _____________ Appeal No. 2002-1169 Application No. 09/252,845 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 22. After submission of the brief, the examiner found claim 14 to be allowable, but for its dependency from a rejected base claim (answer, page 5). Accordingly, claims 1 through 13 and 15 through 22 remain before us on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007