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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NOBUYUKI SAWAZAKI, TAKAFUMI NARISHIGE, SHIGEMI MURATA, MITSURU KOIWA and YUTAKA OHASHI __________ Appeal No. 1997-0212 Application 08/206,6691 ___________ HEARD: October 20, 1999 ___________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 11, 12, 14 and 20 through 23. Claims 6 through 10, 13 and 15 through 19 were indicated as allowable 1Application for patent filed March 7, 1994. 1-1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007