Appeal NO. 2005-0577 Application No. 09/741,237 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 VENKATESAN MURALL __________ Appeal No. 2005-0577 Application No. 09/741,237 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, PAK, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1-2, 12, and 14-17, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claims 1 and 12 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1. A method of making an angled surface on a waveguide, comprising: creating a substrate having two levels; depositing an optical core material onto a first side of the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007