The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TETSUYA IWAMOTO, YOSHINORI SUZUKI, HIROSHI INAMURA, ATSUMU SODA, TATSUJI YAMAZAKI, JUNICHI OGIKUBO, SOICHIRO NIHO, NORIKAZU ITO, HIROYUKI FUJITA and YUICHI KOJIMA ________________ Appeal No. 2000-2111 Application 08/860,5371 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, LEVY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 8 through 11. 1 Application for patent filed October 31, 1997 under 35 U.S.C. § 371 based on the PCT application Serial No. PCT/JP96/03367, filed November 15, 1996, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Applications No. 07-297224, filed November 15, 1995 and No. 07- 332296, filed December 20, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007