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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YUKIO SHIMAZAKI, NOBUHIRO KAWASHIMA, MIKI SUZUKI YASUHITO TANAKA, RYO TANAKA, KIYOSHI SAKAI, HISAHIRO ISHIWARI _____________ Appeal No. 1997-0472 Application 08/259,152 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 26- 32, all the claims remaining in the present application. Since the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claim 31 ,1 the instant appeal involves only claims 26-30 and 32. Claim 26 is illustra-tive: 1See page 2 of the answer.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007