The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YASUO NAKAMURA and HARUHIKO HORI _____________ Appeal No. 2001-0327 Application 08/990,295 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 18. On page 2 of the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 20), it is indicated that the rejections of claims 5, 12 and 17 have been withdrawn since 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007