The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KAZUE TAKAHASHI, TOSHIO MASUDA, TETSUNORI KAJI, and KEN’ETSU YOKOGAWA ______________ Appeal No. 2004-2192 Application 09/414,520 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before TIMM, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-7, 9, and 10. A copy of each of these claims is set forth in the attached appendix. On page 6 of the brief, appellants state that the claims do not stand or fall together. To the extent any one claim is argued separately for patentability, we will consider such claim in this appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007