The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KIYOYUKI NAKAGAWA, KENICHI FUKUDA and ISAMU UTSUNOMIYA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1626 Application No. 09/287,135 ____________ HEARD: February 13, 2003 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 7, 8 and 16 to 19. Claims 1 to 6 and 9 to 15 have been allowed. No claim has been canceled. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007