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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIROSHI TOKAILIN, HISAHIRO HIGASHI and CHISHIO HOSOKAWA __________ Appeal No. 96-1122 Application 08/087,1341 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, DOWNEY and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of 1Application for patent filed July 2, 1993. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07868,726, filed April 14, 1992, now abandoned; which is a division of Application 07.490,337, filed March 8, 1990, now U.S. Patent 5, 130,603. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007