The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YUKIO MAKI _____________ Appeal No. 2001-1523 Application No. 08/731,236 ______________ HEARD: May 8, 2002 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL1 This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 16 and 18 through 24, all the pending claims in the application. 1Appellant points out on page 1 of the reply brief that the examiner has not acknowledged the IDS of August 13, 1998. We will leave this issue to the examiner, it being a procedural issue. Therefore, any applicable art contained therein is not before us in this appeal. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007