The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROTAKA MAKINO and HAJIME OKADA Appeal No. 2002-1876 Application 09/358,1581 HEARD: March 13, 2003 Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-5, 7, and 8. Claim 6 has been canceled. We affirm. 1 Application for patent filed July 20, 1999, entitled "Connector," which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 10-205036, filed July 21, 1998. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007