The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YASUHIKO KENMOCHI and HIROKI ISHIKAWA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2159 Application No. 08/746,953 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, 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 1 to 5 and claim 7 added subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. 1On September 21, 2000, the appellants waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 21) scheduled for October 25, 2000.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007