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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte TOYOJI KANAZAWA, SHINGO ICHIKAWA, HIROYUKI KANEKO, HISATARO WATADA, and TOSHIBUMI WAKAYAMA __________ Appeal No. 96-2404 Application 08/112,4461 __________ HEARD: Jun. 7, 1999 __________ Before GARRIS, OWENS, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1 through 22 as amended subsequent to 1Application for patent filed August 26, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007