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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte EISUKE TOMITA and NAGOTO MORIYA __________ Appeal No. 1997-0252 Application 08/200,8201 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 7-28, which constitute all the claims in the application. Three amendments after final rejection were filed, and each of these amendments was entered 1Application for patent filed February 23, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007