The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MOTOI HISAMOTO and KATSUYUKI SUMIMOTO __________ Appeal No. 2005-0868 Application 09/969,728 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, RUGGIERO and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-25, which are all of the pending claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007