The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MING JANG HWANG, KEIZO HOSODA, SHINTARO AOYAMA, TADASHI TERASAKI and TSUYOSHI TAMARU ____________ Appeal No. 2002-2055 Application No. 09/727,547 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING The appellants have requested rehearing of our decision of June 18, 2003, (Paper No. 18) wherein we affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 9-14. DENIED.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007