THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte MICHIO ITO and HIROSHI YAGASAKI ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2836 Application No. 08/453,211 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 8 through 11 and 16 through 23, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007