The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MING C. HAO, UMESHWAR DAYAL, MEICHUN HSU, DANIEL A. KEIM, ADRIAN KRUG, and JULIAN LADISCH ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0433 Application No. 09/982,481 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRY, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-32, which are all the claims in the application. We affirm-in-part, and enter a new ground of rejection in accordance with 37 CFR § 41.50(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007