The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EDWIN HIRAHARA ____________ Appeal No. 2005-0558 Application No. 10/280,994 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 18 through 20. Claims 1 through 17, 23, 25 and 26 stand allowed. Claims 21 and 22 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but have been indicated to be allowable if rewritten in independent form. Claim 24 has been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007