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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKEO YOSHIDA, YOSHIKAZU NAKAMURA, MINORU SUZUKI and RYOICHI HIRAI ____________ Appeal No. 1997-4373 Application No. 08/332,6561 ____________ HEARD: October 4, 1999 ____________ Before PATE, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 23 and 25 through 27. Claims 7 through 22, 24 and 28 have been indicated as allowable by the examiner (answer, Paper No. 38, page 2). 1Application for patent filed November 1, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/753,708, filed September 3, 1991, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007