Paper No. 37 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI, MITSUNORI TSUCHIYA, KAZUO URATA, ITARU KOYAMA, SHINJI IMATOU, SHIGENORI HAYASHI, NAOKI HIROSE, MARI SASAKI, NORIYA ISHIDA and KOUHEI WADA ______________ Appeal No. 96-1515 Application 08/161,8591 _______________ HEARD: JUNE 8, 1999 _______________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. Application for patent filed December 6, 1993. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/965,690, filed October 22, 1992, which is a continuation of Application 07/658,634, filed February 22, 1991, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/397,866, filed August 24, 1989. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007