The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte YOSHIYUKI ITO and TOSHIYUKI ISHII _______________ Appeal No. 2002-1056 Application No. 08/772,888 _______________ HEARD: April 15, 2003 _______________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-37, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment filed March 6, 2000 after final rejection, which amended claim 7, was approved for entry by the Examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007