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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKAHISA HARA, MASAHITO MATSUMOTO, NOBUHIRO USUI and SIGEYOSHI MATHUBARA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2256 Application No. 08/427,706 ____________ HEARD: May 16, 2000 ____________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 6 through 11, which are all of the claimsPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007