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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YOICHIRO TANAKA, NORIO NAKAMURA, KAZUNORI MORIYA, YUJI KUBOTA AND TAKASHI HIKOSAKA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2848 Application No. 08/444,106 ____________ HEARD: April 5, 2000 ____________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 14, and 19 through 33, all of the claims pending in the application. Claims 3 through 13 and 15 through 18 have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007