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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHUNICHI WADA, YASUO NAITOU and KAZUMICHI TSUTSUMI __________ Appeal No. 96-0323 Application 08/131,6841 ___________ HEARD: December 10, 1998 ___________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges. CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1-4, 6-7, and 9-12. The other claims remaining in the application, Claims 5 and 13, stand objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim. Claim 1 reads as follows: 1 Application for patent filed October 5, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007