The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YASUO MATSUMURA, KAZUHIKO YANAGIDA, MANABU SERIZAWA, HIDEKAZU YAGUCHI, TSUTOMU KUBO, and SHIGERU SEITOKU ________________ Appeal 2007-10251 Application 10/658,811 Technology Center 1700 ________________ Decided: May 23, 2007 ________________ Before CATHERINE Q. TIMM, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. Statement of the Case This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of claims 1-5, and 8-17.2 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6 (2006). 1 An oral hearing was held on May 9, 2007.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
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