The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKAHISA HARA, MASAHITO MATSUMOTO, and HITOSHI NAKADA ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3249 Application No. 08/267,768 ON BRIEF __________________________ Before WARREN, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL THE INVENTION THE CLAIM THE REFERENCE OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following reference:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007