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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEN TAKAHASHI et al ____________ Appeal No. 96-1530 Application No. 07/767,4881 ____________ HEARD: January 13, 1999 ____________ Before METZ, JOHN D. SMITH and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Takahashi et al. (appellants) appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 8 through 14, 16 and 17, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Claims 8 through 12, 16 and 17 were amended subsequent to the final rejection. 1Application for patent filed September 30, 1991. According to appellants, the application is a division of 07/211,041, filed June 24, 1988, now U.S. Patent 5,093,314.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007