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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RYUICHI OKASHITA and NAOYASU SUGIMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0279 Application No. 08/926,9861 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before MEISTER, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 3 through 5, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1Application for patent filed September 10, 1997. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/669,825, filed June 26, 1996, now abandoned, which was a continuation of Application No. 08/360,060, filed December 20, 1994, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007