The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JUNJI HAYASHI, HISASHI YAMAGISHI, YASUMASA SHIMIZU and YASUSHI ICHIKAWA ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0480 Application No. 10/318,260 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, LEVY and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-12. Claim 5, which is the only other pending claim, stands objected to as dependent upon a rejected base claim but allowable if rewritten in independent form.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007