The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAKO OHTA, TATSUY MITSUGI, and KEI GOMITA ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1474 Application No. 09/002,927 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-27, which are all of the claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007