The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ATSUHITO NODA AND SHIGEYUKI HOSHIKAWA __________ Appeal No. 2002-0620 Application No. 08/921,9431 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, GROSS 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 22-27. Claims 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 have been cancelled and claims 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10-21 have been allowed by the Examiner. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed August 27, 1997, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Applications No. 271793/1996, filed September 20, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007