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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NAOHISA KAWAGUCHI, YASUHIRO IIJIMA and KAZUMI SAITO _____________ Appeal No. 1997-1584 Application No. 08/353,375 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-24, all of the claims in the present application. An amendment after final rejection filed August 1, 1996 was approved for entry by the Examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007