The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EIJI HASUNUMA, HIDEKI GENJO, SHIGERU SHIRATAKE, ATSUSHI HACHISUKA and KOJI TANIGUCHI __________ Appeal No. 2001-0646 Application No. 09/227,935 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, 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, 2 and 4. Claim 3 has been canceled and claims 5, 6 and 7 are withdrawn from consideration as non-elected claims. An amendment filed April 7, 2000 after final rejection was approved for entry by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007