The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCE Ex parte YUJI SHINOZAKI ___________ Appeal No. 2004-0262 Application No. 09/139,7111 ____________ HEARD: APRIL 13, 2004 ____________ Before GROSS, BARRY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 6, 13 and 14. Claims 4 and 7-12 have been canceled. We reverse. 1 Application for patent filed August 25, 1998, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of the Japanese Application No. 09-228460, filed August 25, 1997. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007