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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIDEAKI IKEDA, MASANORI KOSUGI, SHIZUO KIMURA, MAMORU MATSUO, TSUTOMU TAGATA AND NOBUYUKI MATSUMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2958 Application No. 08/401,719 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 22, the only claims in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007