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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NOZOMU SHIOTSU and RIE MATSUBARA __________ Appeal No. 98-2805 Application 08/663,8491 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 12 and 14 through 16. Claims 3 and 13, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base (parent) claim, but have been indicated to be 1 Application for patent filed June 14, 1996. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007