The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HISANORI FUJISAWA ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0636 Application No. 09/045,041 ____________ HEARD: November 18, 2004 ____________ Before FLEMING, GROSS, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9 through 12, 14 through 24, 26 through 36, and 38 through 44, which are all of the claims pending in this application. On page 3 of the Answer, the examiner indicates that claims 19, 31, and 43 would be allowable if rewritten to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Accordingly, only claims 9 through 12, 14 through 18, 20 through 24, 26 through 30, 32 through 36, and 38 through 42, and 44 remain before us on appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007