The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte FUMIKI MORIMATSU, SHINICHIRO KATSUDA, MIKAKO SATO, and MASAYO NAKAGAMI __________ Appeal No. 2002-2215 Application No. 08/952,475 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before GARRIS, DELMENDO, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 3, 4, 7, 10-13, 16, and 17, which are all of the claims pending in the above- identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a meat product. Further details of this appealed subject matter are recited in 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007