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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YUKI TSUSHIMA, KAZUHIDE ASHIZAWA, and SUMIO WATANABE __________ Appeal No. 97-2159 Application 08/127,5551 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 through 5 and 10 through 17. Subsequent to the 1Application for patent filed September 28, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007