The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASAYOSHI IKEDA ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1512 Application No. 09/273,5411 ____________ HEARD: JUNE 11, 2002 ____________ Before KRASS, BARRETT, 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 4 and 5, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed March 22, 1999, which is a divisional of Application 08/976,041, filed November 21, 1997, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application No. 09-54116, filed February 21, 1997.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007