The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KOUICHI HASHIMOTO, TAKAHIRO FUKUOKA, KOJI AKAZAWA, YOSHIO NAKAGAWA, and TATSUYA KUBOZONO ________________ Appeal No. 2006-1262 Application No. 10/013,543 ________________ HEARD: May 23, 2006 ________________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. REMAND TO THE EXAMINER This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 4. A copy of each of these claims is set forth in the attached appendix. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007