The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TSER-WEN CHOU ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0053 Application No. 09/678,635 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 15, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We AFFIRM-IN-PART. 1 Claims 1, 3 and 10-12 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007