The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TINYU LI and YAN WANG __________ Appeal No. 2004-0275 Application No. 09/318,186 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, 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 60-65, 67-69, 71, 74, 77, and 802, which are all the pending claims in the application. 1 Appellants waived their request for oral hearing, therefore we consider this appeal on Brief. 2 The examiner’s Answer refers to a claims 72, 73, 78 and 79 in error, as these claims were cancelled in Paper No. 31. The above stated claims are the only claims at issue in this appeal. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007