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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte NOBORU INAMINE and ATSUSHI HARADA _____________ Appeal No. 96-3746 Application 08/236,0071 ______________ HEARD: December 11, 1997 _______________ Before COHEN, MEISTER and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-6 and 9-33. Claims 7-8 have been canceled. Appellants’ invention is an ink supply control device. 1Application for patent filed May 2, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/100,342 filed August 2, 1993, which is a continuation of application 07/882,594 filed May 13, 1992, both abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007