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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte FUMIO KIMURA, TATSUO MIYOSHI, TAKASHI KAMIMOTO, YOSHIO INOKOSHI, SEIJI KUWAHARA and HITOSHI YOSHIDA _____________ Appeal No. 1998-0225 Application No. 08/503,817 ______________ ON BRIEF1 _______________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 2 and 4-14. Claim 3 has been indicated by the examiner as allowable. 1A request for hearing was made by appellants on October 14, 1997 (Paper No. 13) and hearing was set for July 10, 2000, however, the hearing was waived by apppellants in a notice filed June 2, 2000, (paper no. 16). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007