The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KAZUSUKE YAMANAKA, TOMOO YAMAMOTO, YUZURU HOSOE, NOBUYUKI INABA, YASUTARO UESAKA, MASAAKI FUTAMOTO, YOSHIBUMI MATSUDA, KENJI FURUSAWA, and SHINJI NARISHIGE ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2494 Application No. 08/521,363 ____________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 30, 2000 ____________ Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-17, which are all the claims in the application. We reverse.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007