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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SHINZO SAKUMA, and SAMPEI MIYAMOTO _____________ Appeal No. 97-4425 Application 08/619,4181 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, FLEMING 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 11-16, 18 and 19. Claims 1-10 have been canceled. Claim 20 has been allowed. Reference Relied on by the Examiner 1Application filed March 21, 1996. According to the appellants, it is a continuation of Application 08/420,335, filed April 11, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 08/243,585, filed May 16, 1994, now abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/986,998, filed December 7, 1992, now Patent No. 5,313,426. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007