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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MINORU ISHIDA and YUTAKA OKAMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3166 Application No. 08/509,638 ____________ HEARD: July 10, 2000 ____________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of Claims 15-28, all the claims remaining in the application. We affirm-in-part and enter a new ground of rejection in accordance with 37 CFRPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007