The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TUAN D. PHAM, MARK T. RAMSBEY, SAMEER S. HADDAD, ANGELA T. HUI, YU SUN, CHI CHANG ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1365 Application No. 09/376,6591 ____________ ON BRIEF2 ____________ Before HAIRSTON, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-7, 10-17, 21 and 22. Claims 8, 9 and 18-20 have been canceled. We affirm. BACKGROUND 1 Application for patent filed August 18, 1999. 2 A request for oral hearing was waived in a communication filed August 19, 2003.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007