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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KATSUJI MURAMATSU and SHOJI IWAMOTO ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2903 Application No. 08/607,305 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2-21, 33 and 46-49. Claim 49 was canceled in an after final amendment, filed Aug. 12, 1997 and claims 15 and 48 were amended at this time. Therefore, claims 2-21, 33 and 46-48 remain on appeal. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007