The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MAKOTO FURUHASHI, MASAYOSHI TANAKA, MASAKAZU SUZUOKI and TEIJI YUTAKA __________ Appeal No. 1999-0587 Application 08/414,803 __________ HEARD: MARCH 20, 2001 __________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 15. Since the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 2 through 8, 10 through 12, 14 and 15, at page 2 of the answer, the only claims remaining on appeal are claims 1, 9 and 13. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007