The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KENJI OSE __________ Appeal No. 2002-1589 Application 09/280,180 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 18, 20, 21 and 23 through 25. Claims 19 and 22, the only other claims pending in this application, stand objected to, but have been indicated by the examiner to be allowable if rewritten in independent form. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007