The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEIZI ISHIBASHI ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1669 Application No. 08/508,563 ____________ HEARD: January 16, 2001 ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, KRATZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, 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 13, which are all of the claims pending in the subject application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and is reproduced below:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007