The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte WINDSOR WEE SUN HSU, SHAUCHI ONG and HONESTY CHENG YOUNG ________________ Appeal No. 2002-1314 Application 09/412,902 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 9 and 18-20. Claims 1-8, 10-17 and 21-25 were indicated to contain allowable subject matter by the examiner. In response to the appellants’ appeal brief, the examiner has indicated that claims 18-20 now contain allowable subject matter [supplemental answer, page 2]. Therefore, the only claim remaining in this appeal is claim 9. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007