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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte SUSUMU KADOKURA, NOAKI SHIRAI, SHIGERU YOSHIMURA, TOMOAKI KATO, YOSHIAKI TOMARI and TADANORI SUTO ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0424 Application 07/985,2531 ________________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 4, 1999 ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 2 1Application for patent filed December 3, 1992. 2An amendment after the final rejection was filed on Aug. 8, 1995, however, it made no changes to the claims. Also, the -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007