The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TORU TSUKADA _____________ Appeal No. 1999-2755 Application No. 08/599,105 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and NASE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5 and 11. Claims 2, 3, 6 and 7 have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. Claims 4 and 8 through 10 have been canceled. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007