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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte HIROSHI OYAMADA, HIROYUKI KOIDE, GOH OGINO and HIDEO HIRASAWA ______________ Appeal No. 1997-0845 Application 08/284,902 _______________ On Brief _______________ Before PAK, WARREN and WALTZ, 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 1 and 2 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.1 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot sustain either of the grounds of rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Powers 1 Amendments of June 10, 1996 (Paper No. 6) and June 25, 1996 (Paper No. 9).. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007