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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte EMIKO HAMADA, YUJI ARAI, YOSIKAZU TAKAGISI and TAKASHI ISHIGURO ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1876 Application No. 08/344,6631 ____________ HEARD: December 7, 1999 ____________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-22. 1Application for patent filed November 22, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/007,738, filed January 22, 1993, which is a division of Application No. 07/515,421, filed April 27, 1990, now Patent No. 5,213,955.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007