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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAKAO NAKAMURA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3031 Application No. 08/411,509 ______________ HEARD: May 4, 2000 _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, and 8 through 11. Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007