The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MAMORU TAKASAKI and YOSHIHIRO SATO ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2148 Application No. 08/864,947 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2, 4 and 5. Claim 7 has been allowed. Claim 6 has been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention. Claims 1 and 3 have been canceled. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007