The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
(1) was not written for publication in a law journal and
(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
_____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
_____________
Ex parte MAKOTO MATSUYAMA
_____________
Appeal No. 1999-0081
Application 08/506,645
______________
HEARD: May 9, 2001
_______________
Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 17, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007