The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BINO S. TANAKA and ALICE Y. AMONDO __________ Appeal No. 2001-1801 Application 09/136,659 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING This is in response to appellants’ request for rehearing of our decision mailed April 24, 2002, wherein we affirmed thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007