The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MOTOSHIGE IGARSHI ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2530 Application No. 09/115,250 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 16-18. Claim 19, which is the only other pending claim in this application, has been objected to by the examiner as depending from a rejected base claim but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007