THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TOMOZANE TERASAWA, YASUHIRO LINO, YOSUKE MATSUSHIMA, and HIROHITO NISHIMURA __________ Appeal No. 1999-2677 Application 08/878,769 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Tomozane Terasawa et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 3, 22, 23 and 30. Claims 4, 20, 21 and 24 through1 29, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b). 1Claim 23 has been amended subsequent to final rejection. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007