The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TOSHIYUKI ZAITSU _____________ Appeal No. 2000-2255 Application No. 09/123,522 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-11, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Amendments filed September 30, 1999 (Paper No. 7) and December 10, 1999 (Paper No. 10) after final rejection were approved for entry by the Examiner. The claimed invention relates to a DC/DC converter including a switching device for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage. Further included is a piezoelectric transformer whichPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007