The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MUNEHIRO NAKATANI, MASAMICHI SUGIURA, and HIDEO MURAMATSU _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3662 Application No. 07/964,342 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18, all of the claims pending in the application. An amendment after final rejection filed September 23, 1996, was approved for entry by the Examiner. The claimed invention relates to a coding system and 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007