The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte SHINICHI OSHIMA and MASAYUKI MIYAUCHI Appeal No. 2002-2175 Application No. 09/060,960 Heard: March 4, 2003 Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Shinichi Oshima et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 26) of claims 1 through 5, all of the claims pending in the application. The record (see page 1 in the main brief, Paper No. 33) indicates that this appeal is related to a parallel appeal in Application No. 08/988,181 (Appeal No. 2002-1912).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007