Paper No. 19 THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MASATAKA NAKASUJI, SHOICHI KAWAI, YOSHIRO KIHARA, JUNICHI SAITOU and YOUKO NISHIOKA ______________ Appeal No. 1998-0641 Application 08/354,158 _______________ HEARD: APRIL 17, 2000 _______________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 24, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. An electronic apparatus for maintaining confidentiality of 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007