Paper No. 54 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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHINJI TOMINAGA, TAKEHIRO KATOH, TAKASHI OKADA, HIROYUKI OKADA, DAI SHINTANI and KATSUYUKI NANBA ______________ Appeal No. 96-3994 Application 08/260,4851 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed June 15, 1994. According to appellants1 this application is a continuation of Application 07/762,875, filed September 19, 1991. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007