The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KENJI TAKAHASHI ________________ Appeal No. 1999-0565 Application 08/700,526 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, 6 and 8-10, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on March 16, 1998 and was entered by the examiner. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007