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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HITOSHI KAMAMORI, KOJI IWAS, TAKAKAZU FUKUCHI, MITSURU SUGINOYA, TSUTOMU WATANABE and TOSHIAKI OTA ____________ Appeal No. 96-0763 Application No. 07/840,3451 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 6, 7, 9 through 11 and 14 through 16, as amended under 37 CFR § 1.116 after the final rejection. See the amendments filed May 11, 1994 (paper no. 1Application for patent filed February 24, 1992.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007