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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TATEO AOYAMA and MASAHIRO UCHIDA ____________ Appeal No. 97-1017 Application No. 08/391,4211 ____________ HEARD: August 5, 1999 ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-7, 13-15 and 19-37. Claims 8-12, 16-18, 38-51, 56 and 57 have been allowed and claims 52-55 have been canceled. 1Application for patent filed February 16, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007