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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte HIROSHI MURAMATSU and TATSUAKI ATAKA ________________ Appeal No. 1997-1892 Application 08/209,638 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before HAIRSTON, HECKER and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4 to 1 1A first amendment after the final rejection was filed as paper no. 8, and a second amendment after the final rejection was filed as paper no. 12 (with the brief). Both these amendments have been entered into the record for the purposes of this appeal. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007