Paper No. 40 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte HIDEKI TAKAHASHI, HIDENORI NISHIHARA, MASANA HARADA and TADAHARU MINATO ______________ Appeal No. 1997-2846 Application 08/388,5991 _______________ HEARD: JANUARY 11, 2000 _______________ Before Hairston, Hecker and Lall, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claim 7. Claims 3 through 6, 8, 10 through 12 and 18 through 1Application for patent filed February 14, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007