The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MASAHIDE KANEKO, ATSUSHI KOIKE, YOSHINORI HATORI, SEIICHI YAMAMOTO, and NORIO HIGUCHI ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1586 Application No. 08/183,671 ____________ Heard: May 22, 2001 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, 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 1-3, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007