The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NAOYUKI MURAKAMI ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1852 Application No. 08/924,8561 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We affirm-in-part. 1 Application for patent filed September 5, 1997, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application No. 8-238937, filed September 10, 1996.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007