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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007