The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte HIROKI ENDO, HIDEYA KOBARI, KOJI UEDA and HIROYOSHI SAGO ________________ Appeal No. 1998-1637 Application No. 08/389,119 ________________ HEARD: January 23, 2001 ________________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1, 2, 4 through 8, 10 through 15, 17 and 19 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. The other claims in the application, which are claims 3, 9, 16 and 18, have been indicated by the examiner as being allowable. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007