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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TOSHIYA MINAMI, HIROSHI SATOH and TAKANOBU SATOH _____________ Appeal No. 96-3564 Application 08/274,1331 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1-9, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1Application for patent filed July 12, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of application 07/879,075, filed May 1, 1992, which is a continuation of application 07/565,598, filed August 10, 1990, both abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007