The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YASUFUMI IKKAI, SATOSHI TAMAKI AND MASAKI TAGOME __________ Appeal No. 2002-0470 Application 08/612,211 __________ HEARD: July 10, 2002 __________ Before STAAB, McQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-8, all the claims currently pending in the application. This is the second appeal taken in this application. In Appeal Number 1999-1476, a merits panel of this Board reversed 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007