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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TAKASHI IIZUKA _____________ Appeal No. 97-3467 Application 08/279,7481 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and LEE Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4 and 6-12. Claim 5 has been canceled. No claim has been allowed. References relied on by the Examiner Takemoto et al. (Takemoto) 4,975,717 Dec. 04, 1990 Morimoto 5,194,981 Mar. 16, 1993 1Application for patent filed July 22, 1994. The appellant has claimed foreign priority to Japanese application 5-199484, filed August 11, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007