The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte HIROKAZU SAITO and SUGIHIKO TADA ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0554 Application No. 08/657,903 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6, 7 and 9. Claim 8, the other claim remaining in the present application, has been allowed by the examiner (see page 1 of Answer). Claim 6 is illustrative: -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007