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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAKI OGURO, MASATO YAMAGUCHI and YOICHIROU SENSHU _____________ Appeal No. 1997-2857 Application 08/171,175 ______________ ON BRIEF1 _______________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5. Claims 6-9, directed to a non-elected 1Appellants' attendance at the oral hearing set for March 6, 2000, was waived in the communication received on February 11, 2000. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007