The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YASUSHI YAMAZAKI ____________ Appeal No. 2003-2097 Application No. 09/247,926 ____________ HEARD: February 5, 2004 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, GROSS, and LEVY, 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 1-25 and 401. 1 The rejection of claims 1-5, 7-25, and 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art (APA) in view of Lu has been withdrawn by the examiner (answer, page 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007