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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JITSUMI SHINMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1735 Application No. 08/339,980 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 4-6, which are all of the claims pending in this application, claims 1-3 having been canceled. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007