The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YUSUKE KIMATA and SHUJI YAMAGUCHI ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1054 Application No. 09/739,619 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRY, BLANKENSHIP, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-21, which are all the claims in the application. We affirm-in-part.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007