The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and
is not precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
____________
Ex parte YOSHINO MATSUOKA and SHOJI ICHIKAWA
____________
Appeal No. 1999-0932
Application No. 08/723,889
____________
HEARD: October 26, 2000
____________
Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 6-9, 11, 14,
15 and 17. Claims 2-5, 13, 18 and 19, the only other claims remaining in the application,
stand allowed.1
1An amendment (Paper No. 10) filed subsequent to the final rejection, re-writing claims 2 and 13 in
independent form and amending claim 8, has been entered (Paper No. 11).
1
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007