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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASARU FUJII and MINORU TANAKA ____________ Appeal No. 97-0203 Application No. 08/162,8931 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-18, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claim 2 has been canceled. An amendment filed 1Application for patent filed December 8, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007