The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 allowablePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007