The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NOBORU AIBA, FUMIAKI MOCHIZUKI, and RYUICHI SAGUCHI ____________ Appeal No. 2005-2649 Application No. 09/690,377 ____________ HEARD: December 13, 2005 ____________ 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 6 and 9, all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 5, 7 and 8 have been canceled. Appellants’ invention is directed to a method for preparing an annular sustained release pheromone-dispenser. Independent claim 9 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim can be found in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007