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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KAZUHIRO NODA, KENICHI TAKAHASHI, KOICHI TANAKA and HARUO WATANABE ____________ Appeal No. 1996-2758 Application No. 08/103,7921 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 5, 8, 14, 16, 20 through 24, 27 and 33 through 35, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. Subsequent to the final Office action dated 1Application for patent filed August 10, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007