The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JYOJI MISHINA, YASUSHI MASUDA, and RYOSUKE NAKANISHI ____________ Appeal No. 2003-2172 Application No. 09/644,793 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 16, all of the claims in the application. Appellants’ invention pertains to an airbag. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 14, respective copies of which appear at the end of the main brief (Paper No. 13).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007