The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte KUNIO TAKEDA and HIROTOSHI YOKONO Appeal No. 2001-1380 Application No. 09/138,998 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 and 4. The invention is directed to a housing for minimizing space requirements when opening/closing a lid on the housing. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007