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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TSUTOMU KURIHARA, HIROYOSHI HOSOMURA and KATSUMI HARADA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2065 Application No. 08/441,948 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, OWENS and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 7 through 10 which are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007