Paper No. 23 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YASUHIRO NEMOTO, KAZUO SAKAI, YOSHIYUKI TANAKA, and KYUICHIRO NAGAI ______________ Appeal No. 96-1893 Application 08/073,4161 _______________ HEARD: APRIL 5, 1999 _______________ Before BARRETT, FLEMING and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 2 through 6 and 8 through 23. Claims 1 and 7 have been Application for patent filed June 9, 1993.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007