The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ATSUSHI NAKAMURA, HIROYUKI HAYASHI and KAZUYA ITOU ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0157 Application No. 09/706,771 ____________ HEARD: February 17, 2004 ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-19, as amended after the final rejection (Paper No. 18), which are all of the claims pending in this application. WE REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007