The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASARU AKIBA and TOMOYOSHI TSURUFUZI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2204 Application No. 08/470,432 ____________ HEARD: September 12, 2000 ____________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 16-18, 26 and 27. Claims 19-25 and 28, the only other claims remaining in this application, have been indicated allowable by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007