The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YUKIHIDE YAMASHITA, MASAYUKI YAMAGUCHI, SHIROUU KAMIYAMA and KENICHIROU MORI __________ Appeal No. 2000-0048 Application 08/909,869 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 2, which are all of the claims in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007