The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MASARU ICHIKAWA and RYUICHIROU OHNISHI __________ Appeal No. 1999-1180 Application No. 08/751,557 ___________ HEARD: November 27, 2001 ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 8, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007