Paper No. 38 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIDEKI KAMAJI, MASAE IKEDA, KAZUNORI HIROSE, HIROSHI NOU, MASAHIRO WANOU, TETUROU NAKASHIMA, MASATOSHI KIMURA and YUKIO NISHIO ______________ Appeal No. 1996-3506 Application 08/178,4391 _______________ HEARD: OCTOBER 20, 1999 _______________ Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges. HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed January 6, 1994. According to1 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/909,405, filed July 6, 1992 (abandoned). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007