not not Paper No. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte AKIRA YAMAMOTO, TOYOHISA SAKURADA and RYUICHI SAGUCHI ____________ Appeal No. 97-1926 Application No. 07/978,036 ____________ HEARD October 12, 2000 ____________ Before Garris, Lieberman, and Tierney, Administrative Patent Judges. Lieberman, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL THE INVENTION THE CLAIM THE REFERENCE OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following reference.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007