The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte MITSURU YAMAMOTO ________________ Appeal No. 2001-0713 Application 09/016,304 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, 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 final rejection of claims 1-12, which constituted all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on April 24, 2000 and was entered by the examiner. This amendment cancelled claims 9-12. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007