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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SADASHI SHIMODA __________ Appeal No. 1996-2578 Application 08/216,8071 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 7, 9, 122 1Application for patent filed March 23, 1994. 2An amendment after the final rejection was filed on July 17, 1995 [paper no. 6] and entered in the record for the purposes of this appeal. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007