The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 61 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TAKAO HAYASHI, YASUNOBU ONISHI, KAZUO SATO, KENJI CHIBA and MASATAKA MIYAMURA _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1846 Application No. 08/709,879 ______________ HEARD: March 20, 2002 _______________ Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 52-56 and 62-64. Claims 43-47 and 57-61, the other claims remaining in the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration. A copy of illustrative claim 52 is appended to this decision.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007