Ex parte TOMINAGA et al. - Page 1




                   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               (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45           
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
          Ex parte ICHIRO TOMINAGA, TAKETO MATSUKI, TETSUO YAMAGUCHI, HIROOMI         
                             MATSUSHITA and KUNIO NIWA                                
                                    ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 95-4648                                   
                            Application No. 07/952,1371                               
                                    ____________                                      
                               HEARD:  March 9, 1999                                  
                                    ____________                                      
          Before SOFOCLEOUS, WALTZ, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.        
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                       
          examiner’s final rejection of claims 28 through 47, which are               
          the only claims remaining in this application.                              



               1 Application for patent filed September 28, 1992.  According to       
          appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No.            
          07/403,263, filed September 5, 1989; which is a continuation-in-part        
          of Application No. 07/019,981, now abandoned.                               





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