The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YASUHIRO YAMAUCHI, KAN OGATA, NAOKI SHINDO, NOBUHIRO HOKAO, YOSHIHIKO TSUCHIYAMA, MASAKAZU TATEISHI, and TADATSUGU FUKUZUMI __________ Appeal No. 2002-1102 Application No. 09/329,591 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 10, 13-17 and 20. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. On page 2 of the brief, the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007