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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TOSHIHIKO IWANAGA, MASUMITSU INO, KIKUO KAISE, TAKENOBU URAZONO, and HIROYUKI IKEDA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-4035 Application No. 08/274,475 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before HAIRSTON, LALL, 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 11 and 24. Claims 12 through 23 have been withdrawn from consideration.2 1We observe that on March 13, 2000 (paper no. 27), appellant filed a waiver of the oral hearing set for April 7, 2000. 2We note that appellants state on page 2 of the Brief that claims 12 through 23 have been canceled, but we find no evidence in the record that any claims have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007