The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 58 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SHIGEYOSHI WATANABE, TSUNEAKI FUSE, KOJI SAKUI, MASAKO OHTA, YUKIHITO OOWAKI, KENJI NUMATA and FUJIO MASUOKA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3846 Application No. 08/251,649 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 37. Claims 24-36 also remain in this application, but issues thereto have been addressed in a separate decision mailed March 14, 2000. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007