The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAMITSU YAMAMOTO, TAKAMITSU IGAUE, YOSHIHISA FUJIOKA and HIROTOMO MUKAI ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0301 Application No. 08/690,402 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, 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 1 to 7, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007