The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KAZUHIRO YAMADA, HIROSHI YAMAGISHI, KAZUNORI MATSUDA, KOUICHI MINAMI, ISAO NAGATA, YOSHIYASU TAGAWA, KAZUAKI UMI, and HITOSHI TERASHIMA _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2502 Application No. 08/525,007 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 29. Claims 30 through 41 have been withdrawn as being drawn to a nonelected invention.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007