The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NORIHISA HANEDA and ATSUSHI ITO __________ Appeal No. 2003-1866 Application 08/839,361 __________ HEARD: February 3, 2004 __________ Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 9-27, 32-37 and 40-43, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1-8, 28-31, 38, and 39 have 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007