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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHINICHIRO KATO and SHUICHI KIKUCHI __________ Appeal No. 1997-3478 Application 08/397,6481 ___________ HEARD: January 24, 2000 ___________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 6, which constitute all of the pending claims in the case before us. 1Appellant relies upon a foreign priority filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of March 10, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007