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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ISAO WADA, JUNICHI ARAMAKI, AKIHISA INATANI, and YOSHIHIRO KAJIYAMA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3977 Application No. 08/267,579 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 15, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We observe that on December 29, 1999 (paper no. 26), appellants filed1 a waiver of the oral hearing set for January 24, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007