The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte FRANCIS KO, RICHARD CHEN, and CHARLIE LEE ________________ Appeal No. 2006-0877 Application No. 09/894,230 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before PAK, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 16 to 24 and 37 to 39, all of the pending claims. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.1 1 In rendering this decision we have considered Appellants' arguments presented in the Brief filed June 23, 2005 and the examiner's position presented in the Answer mailed October 17, 2005. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007