The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAZUO SANADA and TSUTOMU TAKATSUKA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1856 Application No. 09/255,699 ____________ HEARD: March 4, 2003 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Kazuo Sanada et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 7, 10, 12, 18 and 19. As the appellants have since canceled claim 7, the appeal now involves1 claims 1, 10, 12, 18 and 19, all of the claims currently pendingPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007