Ex Parte Song et al - Page 1



               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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       

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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte CHUNSHAN SONG, JIAN-PING SHEN,                          
                              and LAWRENCE D. LILLWITZ                                
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                                Appeal No. 2005-1436                                  
                             Application No. 09/771,876                               
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                                    ON BRIEF                                          
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          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            

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