THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being enteredtoday (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 62 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte YASUHIRO SHIMOJIMA, GENJI MORI, TAKASHI YOSHIOKA, TOSHIO OZAKI, HIROYUKI HAMATO and ITSUO MAKINO ________________ Appeal No. 95-4386 Application 08/127,1391 ________________ HEARD: June 7, 1999 ________________ Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 4 to 9 and 1Application for patent filed September 27, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/875,596, filed April 28, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/167,318, filed March 11, 1988, now abandoned. Appellants rely upon a Foreign priority filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of June 1, 1987. -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007