Paper No. 36 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MASAAKI KAMIYA, KENJI AOKI and NAOTO SAITO ______________ Appeal No. 96-0161 Application 08/006,152 1 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, WEIFFENBACH and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges . PAK, Administrative Patent Judge . DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 28, which are all of the claims in the application. Application for patent filed January 19, 1993. According to1 applicants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/821,318, filed January 13, 1992 (abandoned); which is a continuation of application 07/565,221, filed August 10, 1990 (abandoned). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007