The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte ISAO TOMIOKA, TAKESHI NAKANO, MIKIO FURUKAWA, YOSHIAKI ECHIGO and MASATO WADA ________________ Appeal No. 1998-2203 Application 08/428,497 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 15-20, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007