The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROYUSHI SAGO, SHIGEMI FUJIYAMA, FUTOSHI SHIMAI, and AKIRA UEHARA __________ Appeal No. 1999-2406 Application No. 08/825,256 ___________ HEARD: February 14, 2002 ___________ Before GARRIS, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 9 through 13, and 16 through 22, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of coatingPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007