The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YUTAKA HIRATA __________ Appeal No. 2001-2192 Application 09/116,906 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Yutaka Hirata originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 11 through 13. The appellant has since canceled claim 12 and amended claims 11 and 13, leaving the latter two claims as the only ones remaining in the application and on appeal. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007