The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOSHIHISA HARADA and HIROFUMI NAKAGOMI ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2377 Application No. 08/967,023 ____________ HEARD: November 13, 2001 ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, as amended after the final rejection, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM and designate our affirmance to be a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007