The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YOSHINARI YASUI and TAKASHI IWASAKI _____________ Appeal No. 1998-3271 Application 08/563,156 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 3-30 and 32, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants claim an apparatus for applying a liquid coating to a surface of a traveling continuous web. Claims 3 and 5 are illustrative and a copy of the claims is appended to this decision.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007