The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YOSHIO KUROKAWA, HARUOMI SUGITA, MASAHIKO SEKITA, YASUAKI MUKAI, HIDEAKI SEGAMI and HIROFUMI NORO __________ Appeal No. 2004-2071 Application No. 09/893,109 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Yoshio Kurokawa et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 3, all of the claims pending in the application. As the examiner has since withdrawn the rejection of claim 3, the appeal as to this claim is hereby dismissed, leaving for review the standing rejection of claims 1 and 2.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007