The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TAKASHI YOSHIDA ________________ Appeal No. 2000-2091 Application 08/441,0241 ________________ HEARD: APRIL 10, 2002 ________________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 11 and 13 through 16. Claim 12 has been canceled. We reverse. BACKGROUND 1Application for patent filed May 15, 1995, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application No. 06-153489, filed July 5, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007