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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte SHINTARO YAMAMICHI, HIROHITO WATANABE and YOICHI MIYASAKA ________________ Appeal No. 1997-4024 Application No. 08/299,407 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007