The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MAKOTO MATSUYAMA _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0081 Application 08/506,645 ______________ HEARD: May 9, 2001 _______________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 17, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007