The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte ATSUSHI MATSUBARA, ATSUSHI IZUMIURA, HIDEYUKI TAKAHASHI, TAKASHI KIYOMIYA, HIRONAO FUKUCHI, and KATSUHIRO KUMAGAI Appeal No. 2003-0725 Application 09/629,9781 HEARD: October 21, 2003 Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of claims 1-27. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed July 31, 2000, entitled "Assistance Controlling Apparatus For Hybrid Vehicle," which claims the foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese patent application 11-223135, filed May 8, 1999. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007