The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MAKIO TAMURA and AKITOSHI SHINBO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-0525 Application No. 08/355,931 ____________ HEARD: January 23, 2001 ____________ Before, GARRIS, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 7-10, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007