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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASATOSHI HIKOSAKA and HIROYUKI MUTOU _____________ Appeal No. 96-0852 Application 08/116,5811 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, COHEN and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 9, 14 and 16, and from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1, 7, 8, 12 and 15 as amended subsequent to the final 1Application for patent filed September 7, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/832,915, filed February 10, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007