The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAMITSU YAMAMOTO et al. ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0286 Application No. 08/704,031 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 8 to 12, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1 We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b). 1Claim 8 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007