The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte WATARU NAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA HONGO, KOICHI YASAKU, KAZUAKI AOKI, MASAAKI SUWABE, KIYOSHI HASHIMOTO and SATORU INAKAGE ________________ Appeal No. 1998-1718 Application No. 08/479,862 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13- 19 and 21-26. Claims 10-12, the other claims remaining in the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 13 is illustrative: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007