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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 56 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TAKAO NAKAMURA, TAKAAKI SHIRAKURA and NIROYUKI KATAOKA ____________ Appeal No. 96-0366 Application No. 07/933,8931 ____________ HEARD: September 9, 1996 ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9, 13, 15, 16, and 22. 1Application for patent filed August 24, 1992. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/224,360, filed July 26, 1988; now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007