The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 52 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KYOJI TSUTSUI, TAKEHITO YAMAGUCHI, HIDEAKI EMA, MASARU SHIMADA, HIROSHI GOTO, ICHIRO SAWAMURA, EIICHI KAWAMURA, KEISHI KUBO, SHOJI MARUYAMA, HIROKI KUBOYAMA, and KEISHI TANIGUCHI _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1460 Application No. 08/070,859 ______________ HEARD: JANUARY 10, 2002 _______________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 9-12 which are all of the claims remaining in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007