The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KAZUO SAITO and TAKASHI HIRONAKA _____________ Appeal No. 1998-2920 Application No. 08/128,740 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WARREN, and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 21 through 23 and 26 through 31, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. Claim 21 is representative of the subject matter onPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007