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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 44 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAORU TORIKOSHI, KATSUHIRO SATO, HIROYUKI TANAKA, FUMIAKI TAMBO and YUTAKA AKASAKI ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1568 Application No. 08/235,2351 ____________ HEARD: November 4, 1999 ____________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed April 29, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/153,198 filed November 17, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/844,856 filed March 3, 1992, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007