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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAYUKI TATEWAKI, HIROMASA KATO and KENICHI OBINATA _____________ Appeal No. 95-3481 Application 08/017,9771 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 4, 7 and 8, which are the only claims remaining in this application. 1 Application for patent filed February 12, 1993. According to applicants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/834,612, filed February 12, 1992, which is a division of Application 07/667,829, filed March 12, 1991, now Patent No. 5,186,994, granted February 16, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007