The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YOSHIHISA SUZUKI, SAYOKO TANAKA, HITOSHI NOGUCHI, and HIROKI ISHIDA Appeal No. 2007-0464 Application 09/964,874 __________ On Brief __________ Before LEE, DELMENDO, and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL A. Statement of the Case This is a decision on appeal by an applicant under 35 U.S.C. ' 134(a) from a rejection of claims 10-13 and 24-27 in application 09/964,874. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). The real party in interest is SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. References relied on by the examiner Kulakowski et al. (Kulakowski) U.S. Patent 5,566,077 October 15, 1996 Tsutsui U.S. Patent 5,699,333 December 16, 1997 Takasugi U.S. Patent 4,507,767 March 26, 1985 Davis U.S. Patent 5,276,697 January 4, 1994Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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