The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte YOICHI OKAMOTO and YOSHIHIDE KOHNO ______________ Appeal 2007-1902 Application 09/398,006 Technology Center 1700 _______________ Decided: August 21, 2007 _______________ Before CHUNG K. PAK, CHARLES F. WARREN, and LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Applicants appeal to the Board from the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 3, 5 through 7, 24 and 25 in the Office Action mailed August 28, 2004, and refusing to allow claim 26 subsequently presented in the Amendment filed November 4, 2004, entered by the Examiner in the Advisory Action mailed December 28, 2004. 35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (September 2004).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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