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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HARUKAZU MIYAMOTO, TOSHIO NIIHARA, MOTOYASU TERAO, NORIO OHTA and MASAAKI KUREBAYASHI _____________ Appeal No. 1996-3787 Application 07/607,870 ______________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 9, 2000 _______________ Before PAK, WARREN, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 38, 39 and 41 through 47 which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 41, 42 and 43 were amended subsequent to the final Office action dated 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007