The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ______________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ______________________ Ex parte MENG-YU WEI ______________________ Appeal No. 2005-0560 Application No. 09/873,127 ______________________ ON BRIEF ______________________ Before SMITH, JERRY, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. SMITH, JERRY, Administrative Patent Judge. This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 16-18, 20 and 26-28, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. In response to the filing of the appeal brief, the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 20 and 26-28 [answer, page 6]. Therefore, this appeal is now limited to the rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 and 16- 18. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007