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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HIDEAKI OKABE, ICHIRO TSUCHIDA and TAKANORI SAITO _____________ Appeal No. 94-3575 Application 07/929,0441 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges and McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision finally rejecting claims 1 through 22, which are all of the claims in the application. 1 Application for patent filed August 13, 1992. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007