The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YASUSHI SETA, SATOSHI NAKATSUKA, MICHIHIRO SAWADA, RYOICHI TSUNORI, TOKUTARO KIMURA, and YUTAKA MINAMI ___________ Appeal No. 2003-0130 Application No. 08/950,187 ___________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3. We refer to page 1 of appellants’ brief regarding the status of the other claims in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007