Paper No. 37 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte JIMMIE D. CHILDERS, SEIICHI YAMAMOTO and MASANARI TAKEYASU ______________ Appeal No. 96-2820 Application 08/227,7051 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KRASS, FLEMING and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed April 14, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of 07/918,161, filed July 21, 1992, which is a continuation of Application 07/486,984, filed March 01, 1990. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007