The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WEI-JIUNG TSUNG ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1530 Application No. 09/870,770 ____________ HEARD: December 12, 2004 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9, all the claims currently pending in the application. Appellant’s invention pertains to a differential gear assembly having an optimized number of gear teeth on the side gears and the pinion mate gears. A further understanding of the invention can bePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007