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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASAYUKI WAKABE, JUN-ICHI MIURA, YASUHARU SAKAI, TETSUZO KOJIMA, and TAKAO MAKI __________ Appeal No. 1997-3624 Application 08/398,522 ___________ HEARD: May 1, 2000 ___________ Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Masayuki Wakabe et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, 7 through 9, 11 through 14, 16 through 18, 27 and 28. The appellants have since canceled claim 17 and amended claims 11, 16 and 18. Thus, the appeal now involves claims 1, 3 through 5, 7 through 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007