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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TSUYOSHI MASUMOTO, AKIHISA INOUE, NOBUYUKI NISHIYAMA, HIROYUKI HORIMURA AND TOSHISUKE SHIBATA ____________ Appeal No. 96-2056 Application No. 08/210,1391 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GRON, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 11 through 14, which are the only claims remaining in this application. 1Application for patent filed March 17, 1994. According to applicants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/885,480, filed May 19, 1992, now U.S. Patent 5,324,368, issued June 28, 1994.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007