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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte OSAMU KITADE and TAKAHIRO KOMATSU ________________ Appeal No. 1997-4426 Application No. 08/515,767 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, KRASS, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 29 and 31-52, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. An -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007