The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MAMORU SAWADA and KOUJI OKAZAKI _____________ Appeal No. 1999-0933 Application No. 08/512,396 ______________ HEARD: OCTOBER 12, 2000 _______________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8 through 11, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 5, 7 and 12 through 27 have been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007