Paper No. 24 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIDEYUKI TERANE ______________ Appeal No. 1998-0496 Application 08/356,966 _______________ 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 1-11, which constitute all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on January 2, 1997 but was denied entry by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007