The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JUNICHI ONISHI, AKIHIRO TAGUCHI, KENJI HARANO, AKINOBU UCHIKUBO, KENYA INOMATA, MAKOTO TSUNAKAWA, KUNIAKI KAMI, TSUTOMU HIRAI, TAKASHI TAKEMURA, MAMORU KANEKO, YASUKAZU TATSUMI and KYOU IMAGAWA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2413 Application No. 08/754,203 ____________ HEARD: October 16, 2001 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 3, 4, 6-16, 24, 25, 27-37, and 41-44. Claims 1, 2, 5, 17-23, 26, 38-40, and 45 have been canceled. An amendment filed November 25, 1998 after final rejection was approved for entry by the Examiner.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007