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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MASAHIRO MURAKAMI _____________ Appeal No. 95-3405 Application 08/077,5051 ______________ HEARD: May 4, 1998 _______________ Before KRASS, BARRETT and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3 and 5-12. Claims 2 and 4 have been canceled. No claim has been allowed. References relied on by the Examiner Steeves et al. (Steeves) 5,075,874 Dec. 24, 1991 Nelson 5,025,398 Jun. 18, 1991 Application for patent filed June 17, 1993. According to appellant,1 this application is a continuation of application 07/794,047, filed November 19, 1991. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007