The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JIAJIU SHAW ______________ Appeal No. 2003-0631 Application 09/580,232 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 through 6. We note that on page 3 of Paper No. 4, the examiner has indicated that claims 7 through 19 have been objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007