The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAHIRO INOUE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1796 Application No. 08/408,154 ____________ HEARD: November 29, 2000 ____________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-21, all of the claims pending in the present application. An amendment after final rejection filed April 24, 1997 was denied entry by the Examiner while a subsequentPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007