The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NAOTAKA TOMITA and TATSUO SUGIMOTO __________ Appeal No. 1998-2201 Application No. 08/571,702 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12 through 15. The disclosed invention relates to a method and to a device for reading and writing of a transponder located inside 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007