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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte YASUO SHIBASAKI, KIICHI ODA and TAKESHI FUKUDA __________ Appeal No. 1996-2930 Application 08/301,7341 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 7, which are all of the claims remaining in the 1Application for patent filed September 7, 1994. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/907,933, filed July 1, 1992, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007