The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte SATOSHI HOSHINO Appeal No. 2002-0108 Application No. 09/200,981 HEARD: MARCH 18, 2003 Before KRASS, FLEMING and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8. The invention is directed to a system for authenticating personal identification in order to allow a user to obtain access to a client terminal. The client terminal is connected to a -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007