THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YANG XU and TERESA LECHNER-FISH _____________ Appeal No. 2003-1920 Application 09/538,4551 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, 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 17, 20, 21 and 23 through 30, which are all of the claims pending in the above- identified application. 1 Application for patent filed March 30, 2000. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007