The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HITOSHI WATANABE, TETSUYA HASHIMOTO and YOSHIKAZU HARA _____________ Appeal No. 2001-1209 Application No. 09/106,281 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-9, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claim 1 has been canceled. An amendment filed July 24, 2000 after final rejection was denied entry by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007