The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YUKIO KUBOTA, YOICHIROU SENSHU, AKIHIRO UETAKE, SHINICHI HASEGAWA, MORIYUKI KAWAGUCHI, HAJIME INOUE, TAKAHITO SEKI, KEIJI KANOTA, TETSUJIRO KONDO, and NAOKI HONDA ___________ Appeal No. 2000-1241 Application No. 08/424,156 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, 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 1, 2, 6- 8, 10-14, and 17-19, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007