The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WAI-FAN YAU, DAVID CHEUNG, SHIN-PUU JENG, KUOWEI LIU, and YUNG-CHENG YU __________ Appeal No. 2004-1888 Application No. 09/477,126 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to a request, filed November 17, 2004, for rehearing of our decision, mailed September 16, 2004, wherein we sustained the examiner’s section 103 rejection of all appealed claims as being unpatentable over Sugahara in view of Chiang. In their request, the appellants argue: The Board errs in affirming the rejection of claims 68-73 since the Decision by the Board is based 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007