The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RYUHEI KAMETANI, SUSUMU MUTA and TAKASHI OHIRA __________ Appeal No. 2001-2635 Application 09/168,083 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2, 3 and 5 through 9, the only claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 and 4 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007