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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TOSHIHISA KENMOCHI, KAZUYUKI OKUI, HIROSHI OSADA, TAKASHI MAEDA, MAKAOTO SHIOKAWA, TSUYOSHI YAMASHITA and MITSUO NAKAMURA _____________ Appeal No. 94-4094 Application 07/900,7691 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 USC § 134 from the final rejection of claims 2, 3, 5 through 7, and 9 through 16. Claim 11 is representative and is reproduced below: 1 Application for patent filed June 19, 1992. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/512,627, filed April 19, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/263,921, filed October 28, 1988, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007