The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TOSHIHIKO ISHIKAWA and YASUSHI KATAGIRI __________ Appeal No. 2004-1357 Application 09/587,281 ___________ HEARD: August 19, 2004 ___________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Toshihiko Ishikawa et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 16) of claims 4 through 7. As the appellants have since canceled claims 5 and 6, the appeal now involves claims 4 and 7, the only claims currently pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007