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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MIN-SEONG RYU, SANG-YUP SONG
and TAE-HOON KIM
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Appeal No. 2006-0126
Application No. 10/140,619
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, OWENS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-5, which are all
of the pending claims.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a junction device and method for joining
together with adhesive a planar lightwave circuit chip and an
optical-fiber block. Claims 1 and 4 are illustrative:
1. A junction device for assembling a PLC (Planar
Lightwave Circuit) chip and an optical-fiber block,
comprising: an adhesive material disposed between the PLC
chip and the optical-fiber block, the PLC chip and the
optical-fiber block having an inclined surface area at a
predetermined angle; an ultraviolet-light source
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