The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASATOSHI ARISHIRO, MASAMI YAMAGUCHI and TETSURO SAITO _____________ Appeal No. 2005-2500 Application No. 09/893,3991 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, KRATZ, and TIMM, 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, 3 and 5 through 9, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. 1 Application for patent filed June 29, 2001 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007