Ex Parte JIN et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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 CHANGMING JIN,                                
                                 RICHARD SCOTT LIST,                                  
                                         and                                          
                                  JOSEPH D. LUTTMER                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-1330                                  
                             Application No. 09/178,249                               
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before GARRIS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, 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, 2, 5,               
          and 6 (final Office action mailed Jul. 2, 2001, paper 10) in the            
          above-identified application.  Claims 3, 4, and 7, which are the            
          only other pending claims, have been “objected to as being                  
          dependent upon a rejected base claim” but indicated as allowable            







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