The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASAKAZU MESAKI ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0235 Application No. 09/969,291 ____________ HEARD: February 22, 2005 ____________ Before PAK, TIMM, and DELMENDO Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 11 which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER At page 3 of the Brief under the heading “Grouping of Claims,” appellant states that: For purposes of this appeal only, all the claims stand or fall together with respect to the obviousness rejection currently being asserted by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007