The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SINING MAO, ANTHONY M. MACK, BRENDA A. EVERITT, EDWARD S. MURDOCK, and ZHENG GAO ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1417 Application No. 09/306,484 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before DIXON, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-11, and 20, which are all the claims remaining in the application. We reverse.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007