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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NAOKI TAKEYAMA, HIROMI UEKI, YUJI UEDA, TAKEHIRO KUSUMOTO, and YUKO NAKANO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2209 Application No. 08/179,196 ____________ HEARD: May 16, 2000 ____________ Before PAK, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 5 through 9, 12 through 33, and 36, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 23 and 30 were amended and claims 34 and 35 were canceled subsequent to the final Office action inPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007