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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte WATARU OUCHI, TAIZO MORITA and SHINYA TAGAWA ________________ Appeal No. 97-1621 Application 08/073,5861 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before STAAB, McQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 16, all of the claims pending in the application. The invention relates to “a continuous cutter for severing pieces of equal length from a coiled elongate article, for example an extruded aluminum tubular article used to prepare heat 1Application for patent filed June 8, 1993. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007