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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MIKIO TOMARU, NORIO SHIBATA, SHINSUKE TAKAHASHI and AKIHIRO SUZUKI __________ Appeal No. 1997-3024 Application 08/325,476 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-20, all the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007