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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte YOSHIFUMI IWATA and KIYOSHI KUCHIKI _____________ Appeal No. 96-1899 Application 07/936,0071 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges. CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1-4, 8, 9, and 11. Claim 10 is objected to as being dependant on a rejected base claim, but otherwise allowable. The other claims remaining in the application, Claims 5-7 and 12-17, were indicated as allowable in the Examiner’s Answer. We reverse. 1Application for patent filed August 27, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007