The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKATATSU YAMAMOTO, SHIGEHIKO KOBAYASHI, and TOMOHIRO IKEDA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0426 Application No. 08/247,8941 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, LALL, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4, 6, 8-10 and 16, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. 1 Appellants’ representative was notified by telephone of the panel’s intent to reverse the examiner’s rejection. Therefore, the hearing scheduled for March 8, 2001 was canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007