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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YOSHIMITSU INAMORI and KOICHI ODA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3064 Application No. 08/445,8671 ____________ HEARD: October 21, 1999 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 2 and 4-12. We reverse. 1The application was filed on May 22, 1995. It is a divisional of Application Serial No. 08/191,723, which was filed on February 4, 1994. The latter application was a continuation of Application Serial No. 07/743,608, which was filed on August 9, 1991 and is now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007