The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication journal and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte YASUSHI KUSAKA ________________ Appeal No. 1998-1901 Application 08/506,804 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and BARRY, 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, 2, 4, 5, 7-10, 12- 14, 16, 17 and 19-25. Claims 3, 6, 11, 15 and 18 have been indicated to contain allowable subject matter. A first amendment after final rejection was filed on August 21, 1997 and was denied entry -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007