The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KAZUHIRO SUZUKI, TOSHIMASA MIZUNASHI, YASUO NOMURA, YASUHIKO TERASHITA, TAKEHIRO YOKOYAMA ________________ Appeal No. 2000-0723 Application 08/852,415 ________________ HEARD: JANUARY 23, 2002 ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 6 and 8-27, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a method and -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007