The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASATO KUROKAWA and KAZUNORI MIYATA __________ Appeal No. 1999-2023 Application No. 08/556,119 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before LALL, BARRY, and LEVY, 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 1-24, which constitute all the claims in the application. The disclosed invention allows a customer at a hair salon to select a hair style and to simulate how the hair style 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007