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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MITSUHIRO TAKAHASHI, SEIJI TATEYAMA, and MASAHIDE TOMITA __________ Appeal No. 96-1727 Application 08/130,5751 __________ HEARD: April 7, 1999 __________ Before THOMAS, DIXON, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 4 through 9, which constitute all the claims in the application. 1Application for patent filed October 1, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007