The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TSUNEKAZU UDAGAWA ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0203 Application No. 08/924,099 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Tsunekazu Udagawa originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 7 through 9, all of the claims pending in the application. Upon reconsideration, the examiner has since allowed claim 9 (see page 2 in the examiner’s answer, Paper No. 13). Thus, the appeal as toPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007