The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASATO TANIGUCHI, KIYOSHI MORIMOTO, HIROSHI FUJIMOTO, and AKIMITSU HAIJIMA _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3787 Application No. 08/275,241 ______________ HEARD: FEBRUARY 6, 2001 _______________ Before PAK, LIEBERMAN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 9, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. See the resubmitted Brief dated April 15, 1996 (Paper No. 18, hereinafter referred to as “Brief”), page 2.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007