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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte SABURO HAYASHI, SUMIO OINUMA, TAKAFUMI YAMAMOTO, KAZUTOSHI SOUMIYA, HIROYASU KATO _____________ Appeal No. 1996-1581 Application 08/149,815 ______________ HEARD: January 12, 2000 _______________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 4-10, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007