The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAYUKI YAMANA and TSUKASA AGA _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0482 Application 08/569,256 ______________ HEARD: February 19, 2002 _____________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 3, 5 and 7-10, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007