The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASAHARU TOMIYAMA, SETSUYA UCHINO, KENJIRO NAKAHARA and KEN EGAWA _____________ Appeal No. 2005-0156 Application No. 09/816,348 ______________ HEARD: May 18, 2005 _______________ Before PATE, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Masaharu Tomiyama et al. appeal from the final rejection (mailed August 21, 2002) of claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 11, all of the claims pending in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007