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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KOJI NOGUCHI ______________ Appeal No. 1997-0008 Application 08/347,190 _______________ HEARD: February 22, 2000 _______________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 7 and 8 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims in the1 application. We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot sustain the ground of rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The basis for the rejection is 1Amendment of December 19, 1995 (Paper No. 16). See also the amendment of November 21, 1994 (Paper No. 12). - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007