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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIROTOSHI NOMURA, KEIJI NAKAYAMA, HISAKAZU TAKAGISHI and TOKUMI IKEDA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-0345 Application No. 08/101,9991 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 5 through 7, which are all of the claims pending in this application.2 We REVERSE. 1Application for patent filed August 4, 1993. 2Claim 5 has been amended after the final rejection (Paper No. 7).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007