The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TADAYOSHI NAKAMURA and KAZUMI TANAKA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0778 Application No. 08/710,685 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 18-24, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTIONPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007