The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 AKIRA NISHIBE and CHARLES MURRAY ____________ Appeal No. 2006-2630 Application No. 10/255,014 Technology Center 3700 ____________ HEARD: November 14, 2006 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, OWENS and HORNER, Administrative Patent Judges. HORNER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the examiner's final rejection of claim 1, the sole elected claim pending in the application. Claim 5 has been canceled, and claims 2-4, 6 and 7 have been withdrawn. We affirm.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007