The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 NOBUO HASHIMOTO, TORU ISHII, KENJI NAKAMURA, TAKESHI OGOSHI, GEN SASAKI, and TAKESHI AOI ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2019 Application No. 08/646,810 ____________ HEARD: APRIL 24, 2001 ____________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-11 and 13-48, which are all the claims remaining in the application. We affirm-in-part.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007