The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SAIKO HOSOKAWA, TOSHIAKI TAGAWA, YOKO HIRAKAWA, NORIHIKO ITO and KAZUHIRO NAGAIKE ___________ Appeal No. 2002-1358 Application No. 09/467,903 __________ HEARD: March 20, 2003 __________ Before WINTERS, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 30-49, which are the claims pending in this application. Claims 30 and 39 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007