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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 44 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASAHIKO KATSURABAYASHI, SUSUMU YAMAMOTO, TADAHIKO IKEGAYA and NOBUYUKI SHIGEEDA __________ Appeal No. 1998-0874 Application 08/318,513 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO, and JOSEPH L. DIXON, 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 1-3 and 6-29, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007