The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENJI YOSHIKAWA, KATSUHISA TANAKA and KOUICHI KOJIMA __________ Appeal No. 1998-2869 Application 08/453,496 ___________ HEARD: February 6, 2001 ___________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 12 and 16 through 20. Claims 2 through 11, 13 and 15 have been allowed by the Examiner. Claim 14 stands objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007