The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAKASHI BANDO, MASATAKA YASU and KIICHI YAMATSUTA __________ Appeal No. 2001-0159 Application 08/936,724 ___________ HEARD: APRIL 24, 2002 ___________ Before OWENS, TIMM and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15 and 16, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.1 1 Claims 15 and 16 (amendment filed September 20, 1999, paper no. 9) have not been clerically entered. The examiner should have these claims entered. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007