The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RYUSUKE USHIKOSHI, HIDEYOSHI TSURUTA, and TOMOYUKI FUJII __________ Appeal No. 2002-0544 Application No. 09/095,1571 ____________ HEARD: February 19, 2003 ____________ Before GROSS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5 and 14. Claims 6-13 have been canceled. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed June 10, 1998, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application No. 9- 164582, filed June 20, 1997.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007