The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TONGBI JIANG and EDWARD A. SCHROCK ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0016 Application No. 09/400,613 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 16 to 18, 20, 21 and 27 to 29. Claims 19, 22 and 23, which are the only other claims pending in this application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007