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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 50 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte FUMIYASU HIRAI and NOBUTAKA TANI __________ Appeal No. 95-2484 Application 07/948,4701 __________ HEARD: JUNE 7, 1999 __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges. ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 43 through 48, all the claims pending in the application. Claims 43 and 46 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows: 1Application for patent filed September 22, 1992. According to the appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/272,960, filed November 18, 1988.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007