The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 56 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SUSUMU YAMAMOTO, TERUYUKI MURAI, NOZOMU KAWABE, TOMOYUKI AWAZU, SHUJI YAZU, and TETSUJI JODAI ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0491 Application No. 08/906,855 ____________ HEARD: March 15, 2001 ____________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 97,98 and 100-118, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007