Paper No. 29 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte KEN-ICHI HOSHINO, NOBUHARU KOBAYASHI, HIROTO MIZUTANI, and HIROKI TERAOKA ______________ Appeal No. 1997-0322 Application 08/014,5741 _______________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 4, 1999 _______________ 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 15-23, which Application for patent filed February 5, 1993.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007