The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte KUNIO KAWAGUCHI and TETSUJIRO KONDO __________ Appeal No. 1999-0858 Application 08/562,429 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 17, 18, 20-28, 30-38, 40-48, 50-58, 60-68 and 70-76, the answer having with-drawn the rejection as to claims 19, 29, 39, 49, 59 and 69. 1The oral hearing in this appeal set forth April 10, 2001 was waived by appellants in a facsimile communication received on March 7, 2001. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007