The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASANORI HARA __________ Appeal No. 1998-3023 Application No. 08/339,731 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, HECKER, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 26, all of the claims pending in the application. BACKGROUND The disclosed invention is directed to a fingerprint image cutout processing device and a method for use with tenprint cards that selects and inputs fingerprint images on a tenprint card. The tenprint cards contain twentyPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007