The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHIEKO TORII ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0471 Application No. 09/100,346 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9, 10 and 13 to 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We REVERSE. 1 Claim 17 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007