The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASAHIRO SATOU ________________ Appeal No. 2000-1472 Application No. 08/855,104 ________________ HEARD: February 13, 2001 ________________ Before FRANKFORT, GONZALES, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 5, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 1Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection. See Paper No. 8. While the examiner has approved entry of the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007