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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YOSHINORI YOSHIMURA and MASAAKI IWASAKI __________ Appeal No. 1997-3420 Application 08/371,227 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 4 and 6-9, which at that point constituted all of the claims remaining of record in the application. Subsequently, claims 1 and 9 were canceled and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007