The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SHIGERU KAGAYAMA _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1574 Application No. 08/321,324 ______________ HEARD: OCTOBER 10, 2001 _______________ Before FLEMING, LALL, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 19 which1 constitute all the claims in the application. The invention relates to an image forming apparatus with time-divisional electric-field control of data and selection 1An amendment after the final rejection was filed as paper no. 18 and its entry was approved by the examiner, see paper no. 21.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007