Paper No. 50 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SATOSHI ARAKAWA, YUICHI HOSOI, KATSUHIRO KOHDA and KIKUO YAMAZAKI ______________ Appeal No. 1996-2853 Application 08/375,2721 _______________ HEARD: September 14, 1999 _______________ Before BARRETT, FLEMING and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed January 19, 1995. According to applicants, this application is a continuation of S.N. 08/249,476, filed May 26, 1994 (Abandoned); which is a continuation of S.N. 08/043,995, filed April 7, 1993; which is a continaution of S.N. 07/686,833, filed April 17, 1991; which is a division of S. N. 07/462,337, filed January 2, 1990, which is a continuation of S. N. 07/184,010, filed April 20, 1988. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007