THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KAZUYA AKASHI, KAZUO ENOMOTO, NAOKI GOSHIMA, KENICHIROU TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI KAWAMURA, TAKESHI HASEGAWA, YASUO TAKEMURA, HIDETAKA YAMAZAKI and ATSUSHI HAMADA _____________ Appeal No. 2001-1454 Application 08/412,118 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 18-21, 23, 24 and 26-37, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on April 18, 2000 and was entered by the examiner. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007