The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHIGEKI TAKAHASHI and NIHEI KAISHITA __________ Appeal No. 2002-1908 Application 09/097,013 ___________ HEARD: February 19, 2003 ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Shigeki Takahashi et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 21) of claims 1 through 11, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “an apparatus and method for aligning a multiplicity of [electronic] chip parts in a row andPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007