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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TADAHIRO OHMI, MICHIO YAMAJI, HIROSHI MOROKOSHI, SHIGERU ITOI, NOBUKAZU IKEDA, and TETSUYA KOJIMA __________ Appeal No. 1999-0082 Application 08/655,022 __________ HEARD: March 8, 2000 __________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1-8, which at that point constituted all of the claims of record in the application. By amendment 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007