The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOICHIRO SAKO, AKIRA KURIHARA, YOSHITOMO OSAWA, ISAO KAWASHIMA, and HIDEO OWA ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0174 Application No. 09/789,405 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 70-102, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007