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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIROSHI MURAMATSU, TATSUAKI ATAKA, MASAMICHI FUJIHIRA and NORIO CHIBA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1430 Application No. 08/225,7561 ____________ HEARD: November 16, 1999 ____________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 14-34, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1-13 have been canceled. Amendments 1Application for patent filed April 11, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007