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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NAOKI KUMAGAI and KATSUNORI UENO _____________ Appeal No. 95-0648 Application 08/001,1991 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, HAIRSTON and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 13-19 and 21-23. The invention pertains to a short protective circuit. Claim 13, the only independent claim, is illustrative and reads as follows: 1Application for patent filed January 7, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/854,085, filed March 19, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,303,110, granted April 14, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007