The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JUNICHI HAYAKAWA and TAKAHARU ICHIRYU ____________ Appeal 2006-2120 Application 09/890,863 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: October 31, 2006 ____________ Before OWENS, WALTZ, and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s non-final rejection of claims 19 through 24 dated May 20, 2005. Claims 19-24 are the only claims pending in this application. Since these claims have been twice rejected, we have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134. See Ex parte Lemoine, 46 USPQ2d 1420, 1423 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1998).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007