The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAZUAKI IWAMURA, YASUYUKI KIKUCHI, KAZUO WATANABE, MASAKAZU MATSUO, and YOSHIZO ITO ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3145 Application No. 08/058,199 ____________ Heard: September 11, 2001 ____________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 5-12, 14-20, and 22- 36, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 1-4 have been canceled. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007