The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YOSHIO KANAMORI ___________ Appeal No. 2002-0146 Application No. 09/110,128 __________ HEARD: January 22, 2003 __________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-7, which constituted all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on March 30, 2001 and was entered by the examiner. This amendment added claims 8 and 9. Therefore, this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 1- 9. The disclosed invention pertains to a master making device, including a thermal head including a plurality of heatingPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007