The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIROSHI OHMI and HIROSHI SHIMIZU __________ Appeal No. 1998-1571 Application No. 08/022,199 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 9, 12, 20 and 21 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These are all of the claims pending in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007