The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte TATSURO OTAKI and KUMIKO OTAKI ______________ Appeal No. 2001-1956 Application 08/923,424 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8, 14-16, 20 and 27-32, all the pending claims in the application.1 1 The rejection of claims 27-32 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for lack of enablement, has been withdrawn, see examiner's answer at page 9. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007