The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SATOSHI KIKUCHI, HIROMICHI ITO, KEIICHI NAKANE, HISASHI HASHIMOTO, and EISAKU NISHIYAMA ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0240 Application No. 08/285,534 ____________ Heard: February 7, 2002 ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 39-80, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007