Paper No. 39 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte HIROYUKI HARUYAMA ______________ Appeal No. 1998-0446 Application 08/572,195 _______________ HEARD: February 24, 2000 _______________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and GROSS, 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 1 and 3-13, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on February 11, 1997 and was entered by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007