The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RYOHEI KOKAWA, YASUHIRO YAMAKAGE, and MAKOTO SHINOHARA ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1087 Application No. 09/223,472 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRATZ, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1-5 and 18-33. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and is set below:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007