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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YOICHI SEKI, HIROYUKI SAITO, and TERUYO HAYAKAWA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0318 Application 08/135,1731 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 18, which constitute all the claims2 1Application for patent filed October 12, 1993. 2An amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 10], however, it was refused entry [paper no. 11]. A second amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 14] and was entered in the record by the Examiner [paper no. 15]. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007