The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DIANA NGUYEN-THIEN-NHON, MYRON HOWANEC JR., RALPH KAFESJIAN, DELOS M. COSGROVE, ROBERT STOBIE and HUNG LY LAM ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0957 Application No. 09/745,386 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4, 24 and 25. Claims 5-7 and 26, the only other claims remaining have been withdrawn from further prosecution as being drawn to a non-elected species. Claims 8-23 were cancelled by an amendment filed April 12, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007