The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAHIDE MOHRI,YOSHIO UCHIDA, YOSHINARI SAWABE, and HISASHI WATANBE, _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1869 Application 08/922,478 ______________ HEARD: SEPTEMBER 17, 2002 _______________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 4, 7 and 9 through 12 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated Jan. 27, 1999, Paper No. 35, entered as per the Advisory Action dated Fed. 4, 1999,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007