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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HIDEYUKI HANAOKA, ICHIRO MINAMI, RYOJI KURIBAYASHI, TAKUYA KUWAHARA, MUNENORI FUJIMOTO, KAZUMA YOSHIDA and TAKASHI OKIYAMA ____________ Appeal No. 96-3561 Application No. 08/045,2411 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, FLEMING and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20 and 35. Claims 21 through 33 have been 1Application for patent filed April 13, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007