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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte TERUO HIEDA, NOBUHIKO SHINODA and KOJI TAKAHASHI ________________ Appeal No. 96-3189 Application 08/396,0791 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed February 28, 1995. According to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 08/271,558, filed July 7, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 08/158,159, filed November 24, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/755,449, filed September 5, 1991, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007