The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KOZO BANNO ________________ Appeal No. 2000-1459 Application No. 08/703,907 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 6. Claims 2-5 and 7-20 have been allowed. The invention is directed to multi-beam satellite 1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007