The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAKASHI MIYAMOTO and ARITO ASAI __________ Appeal No. 2006-2742 Application No. 10/115,138 ___________ ON BRIEF1 ___________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, 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 claims 1-10. The Examiner=s designation of claims 2 and 3 as objected to for being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but otherwise allowable if rewritten 1 An October 17, 2006 oral hearing was deemed moot in view of the decision of this panel not to sustain the rejections under appeal. Appellants= representative was informed via a telephonic communication on October 12, 2006.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007