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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TAKAO AKIYAMA ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0509 Application 08/314,1311 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of Claims 5 to 19, other2 1Application for patent filed September 28, 1994. 2An amendment after the final rejection was filed [paper no. 7] and was entered in the record for the purposes of this -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007