The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOSHIO SATOH, OSAMU IKATA, HIDEMA UCHISIHIBA, TAKASHI MATSUDA, TOKIHIRO NISHIHARA, MITSUO TAKANATSU, and HAJIME TANIGUCHI ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2200 Application No. 09/286,328 ____________ HEARD: January 23, 2002 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-45, which are all the claims in this application for reissue of U.S. Patent 5,773,917 ("the '917 patent"). We affirm-in-part, and enter a new ground of rejection in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007