Ex Parte DU 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                                  publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43                                                                                    
                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                       
                                                ____________                                                
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                                ____________                                                
                                 Ex parte HUNG T. DU and TODD A. HAGAN                                      
                                                ____________                                                
                                            Appeal No. 2003-0025                                            
                                          Application No. 09/019,871                                        
                                                ____________                                                
                                             Heard : July 16, 2002                                          
                                                ____________                                                
            Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
            DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5-9,       
            11, 12, and 17-20.  Claims 3, 4, 14, and 15 are objected to by the examiner as                  
            allowable if rewritten.  Claims 2, 10, 13 and 16 have been canceled.                            


                   We AFFIRM.                                                                               










Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007