The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KIMIYUKI ITO, KEIICHI INAGAKI and TAKESHI ISHIDA ____________ Appeal No. 2004-2008 Application No. 09/955,030 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 13 to 21 and 31 to 42, all of the pending claims. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.1 1 In rendering this decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments presented in the Brief filed March 3, 2003, and the Reply Brief filed July 16, 2003.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007