The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YASUO IWASAKI __________ Appeal No. 2001-2119 Application No. 08/826,744 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18. An amendment filed January 3, 2000 after final rejection, which was approved for entry by the Examiner, canceled claims 1, 7, 10, 11, 17, and 18. Accordingly, only the Examiner’s rejection of claims 2-6, 8, 9, and 12-16 is before us on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007