The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KIYOSHI TSUJI, AKINOBU UCHIKUBO, KENJI KIMURA, MASAHITO GOTO and TSUTOMU HIRAI ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0321 Application No. 08/888,671 ____________ HEARD: April 3, 2001 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Kiyoshi Tsuji et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 35) of claims 64, 68, 70 and 71, all of the claims pending in the application.1 THE INVENTION The invention relates to an electronic endoscope system which is defined in representative claim 64 as follows: 1Claim 68 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007