The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte KAZUYUKI KANAI Appeal No. 2002-2066 Application No. 09/288,504 HEARD: APRIL 2, 2003 Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-26, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. The claimed invention relates to a decision making system and method which utilizes a decision tree including branches that represent actions to be selected in deciding medical treatment -1–1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007