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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TAKESHI HASHIMOTO, HIROYUKI FUKUHARA, AKIYASU YONEKAWA, and YOSHIMI YOTUTANI __________ Appeal No. 96-2299 Application 08/072,7531 __________ HEARD: Jan. 13, 1999 __________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed June 7, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007