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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte TOMOKI MURAOKA and MASAYUKI KOBAYASHI ______________ Appeal No. 1996-3777 Application 08/103,9151 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before DOWNEY, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 1 and 3 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.2 1Application for patent filed August 10, 1993. 2See the amendment of May 17, 1995 (Paper No. 11) and the amendment of September 18, 1995 (Paper No. 19). Appellants canceled claims 4 through 7 in the former amendment and canceled claim 2 in the latter amendment. We observe that the former amendment has not been clerically entered. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007