The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SAMUEL M.D. NORVILLE, PATRICK J. LOMBARD, JIAN LU, and SHAUPOH WANG __________ Appeal No. 2004-1340 Application No. 09/585,061 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 19, 24 through 26, and 31 through 38 (final Office action mailed May 7, 2003), which are all of the claims pending in the above- identified application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007