The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MITSUHIDE KATO AND TERUHISA TSURU __________ Appeal No. 2000-1941 Application 08/567,128 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and BARRY, 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 2 and 9-25, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention pertains to a high frequency switch having first to fourth ports in which each of the first and second ports can be connected to either of the third and fourth ports. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007