THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YOSHIBUMI MATSUDA, MASAAKI FUTAMOTO, YOSHINORI MIYAMURA, TOKUHO TAKAGAKI, HISASHI TAKANO, FUMIO KUGIYA, TAKESHI NAKAO, KYO AKAGI, MIKIO SUZUKI, HIROTSUGU FUKUOKA and TAKAYUKI MUNEMOTO _____________ Appeal No. 94-3857 Application 07/740,7081 ______________ HEARD: July 17, 1997 _______________ Before GARRIS, GRON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 12, 21 and 27 through 29. The only other2 claims remaining in the application, which are claims 13 through 1 Application for patent filed August 6, 1991. 2 We observe the following informality which is deserving of correction. On the last line of claim 27, “magnetic substrate” plainly should read -- nonmagnetic substrate--. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007