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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte TAKASHI ONISHI and TOSHIKAI HATA ______________ Appeal No. 96-2185 Application 08/205,8211 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before METZ, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 5 and 6.2 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot sustain the ground of rejection of claims 1, 5 and 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Mraz et al. in 1Application for patent filed March 2, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 07/699,110, filed May 13, 1991, now abandoned. 2See amendment of March 2, 1994 (Paper No. 22). - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007