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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ISAO TSUKAGOSHI, YUTAKA YAMAGUCHI, ATSUO NAKAJIMA and YASUSHI GOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0786 Application No. 08/464,118 ____________ HEARD: January 12, 2000 ____________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 2, 5 and 7, as amended subsequent to the final Office action dated September 3, 1996, Paper No. 8. These claims are all of the claims pending in the present application since claims 4 and 6 were canceled subsequent to the final Office action.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007