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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte AKIRA INOUE ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0016 Application No. 08/162,3331 ____________ HEARD: October 20, 1999 ____________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 11, 13-16, and 18-22, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1-10, 12, 17, and 23-25 have been canceled. An amendment after final rejection was filed October 26, 1995 and was entered by the Examiner. 1Application for patent filed December 7, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007