THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION ____________ Appeal No. 98-2735 Application No. 900043861 ____________ HEARD: March 10, 1999 ____________ Before HANLON, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 and 306 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 14, which are all of the claims pending in the present 1Reexamination filed September 26, 1996. This is a reexamination of Application 08/143,118, filed October 29, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,398,915, issued March 21, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007