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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 99 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte HIDEKUNI ODA, TATUO KINOSHITA and AKIYOSHI SHIMUZU ________________ Appeal No. 95-3484 Application 08/098,2361 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed July 29, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/813,043, filed December 23, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/567,709, filed August 14, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/364,535, filed June 12, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/220,954, filed June 23, 1988, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 06/885,399, filed July 18, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 06/770,019, filed August 29, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 06/553,873, filed November 21, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 06/338,138, filed January 8, 1982, now abandoned. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007