THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIDEKI KOIKE, SATOSHI SHIMADA, AKIRA TOMONO, KENICHIRO ISHII and TOSHIKI ISO __________ Appeal No. 1998-0618 Application 08/288,194 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29 and 32 through 37, all claims pending in this application at the time. Appellants have subsequently -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007