The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YOSHIO OKAMOTO, KOICHI HATADA, TOHRU SHIBATA, ICHIRO OKAMOTO, and HIROYUKI NAKAMURA _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0132 Application No. 08/934,791 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before PAK, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, 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 21 through 25, 27, 31, 44 through 46, 48, 52, 54, 55 and 61, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified reissue application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007