The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHUNSHAN SONG, JIAN-PING SHEN, and LAWRENCE D. LILLWITZ __________ Appeal No. 2005-1436 Application No. 09/771,876 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CAROFF, GARRIS, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8, 10-11, 13-19, 21-23, 25-26, 39-40, and 42-43. Of all the other pending claims in appellants' application, the examiner has indicated that claims 45-46 are allowable, claims 15, 40 and 44 would be allowable if amended as -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007