The opinion in support of the decision is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TAKESHI IIMORI, REIJI KANEKO, HIROSHI YOSHIKAWA, and MAKOTO MACHIDA __________ Appeal No. 1998-1866 Application 08/406,883 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ROBINSON, and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges. WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from an examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 13. Subsequently appellants cancelled claims 2 through 4 leaving claims 1 and 5 through 13 for our consideration. These are the only claims pending in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007