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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte OSAMU OZAWA and TETSU KITAMI ____________ Appeal No. 94-3296 Application No. 07/878,4991 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CAROFF, GARRIS, and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 6 through 9, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 5 have been canceled. The present invention is directed to a hose useful for the transport of refrigerants. See specification, page 1. The hose has a core tube, a reinforcing layer over the core tube and a cover tube over the reinforcing layer. See specification, 1Application for patent filed May 5, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007