The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KOUJI HIRAYAMA and MICHIO NAKA ____________ Appeal No. 2006-1420 Application No. 09/933,000 ____________ HEARD: June 6, 2006 ____________ Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and FRANKLIN Administrative Patent Judges. JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11 to 17, which are all of the pending claims. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. ' 134.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007