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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TOKUJI WATANABE _____________ Appeal No. 97-3990 Application 08/531,0691 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, MEISTER and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Tokuji Watanabe (the appellant) appeals from the final rejection of claim 9, the only claim remaining in the application. We REVERSE and, pursuant to our authority under the 1Application for patent filed September 20, 1995. According to appellant, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/165,474, filed December 13, 1993, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007