The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HONG H. JIANG, ALLEN H. SIMON, and VAL G. COOK __________ Appeal No. 2006-1605 Application No. 09/470,741 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before BARRY, BLANKENSHIP, and HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judges. HOMERE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9, 12-21 and 23-34, all of which are pending in this application. Claims 10 and 22 have been cancelled by Appellants.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007