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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 55 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KENICHI SATO, HIDEHITO MUKAI and NOBUHIRO SHIBUTA _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1462 Application 08/747,881 ______________ HEARD: MAY 4, 2000 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 7.1 1This is an appeal from the last final rejection (paper no. 38). An amendment after the final rejection was filed as paper no. 40 canceling claim 19, and was approved for entry 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007