The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENZABURO SUZUKI ________________ Appeal No. 1997-1766 Application No. 08/245,033 ________________ HEARD: November 29, 2000 ________________ Before FLEMING, RUGGIERO and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 20. Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 through 11 and 15 through 17 were objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but are indicated as being allowable by the Examiner if written in independent form -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007