The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TOSHIAKI OGUCHI, ASAO SAITO, KATSUTOSHI MUKAIJIMA and HIDEO NAKAMURA __________ Appeal No. 2000-0538 Application 08/762,131 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 33 through 49. Amendment A entered on December 9, 1996 cancelled claims 2 through 26. Amendment B entered on December 9, 1996 cancelled claim 1. Amendment C entered on October 30, 1997 cancelled claims 28 through 32. Claim 27 is pending in the 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007