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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHINJI NAKATANI __________ Appeal No. 1996-3276 Application 07/978,5181 ___________ HEARD: November 4, 1999 ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 2 1 Application for patent filed November 20, 1992. 2 An amendment after the final rejection, changing claim 22, was filed [paper no. 22] and was entered in the record by the Examiner [paper no. 23]. Other amendments after the final rejection, [paper nos. 14 and 17] were also entered, however, they made no changes to the claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007