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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YASUO ISHIDA, KAZUNARI OHTA and HARUTOSHI YOSHIKAWA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0332 Application No. 08/075,0171 ____________ HEARD: July 15, 1999 ____________ Before CAROFF, JOHN D. SMITH and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection (Paper No. 16) of claims 21-40. Subsequent to the final rejection, appellants first cancelled claims 21-40 and added claims 41-50 (Paper No. 17: Amendment E); then cancelled 1Application for patent filed June 11, 1993. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/760,392, filed September 16, 1991.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007