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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KOUICHI MISHIO, SATOSHI TAKAHASHI and SHIGERU KOMATSU ____________ Appeal No. 96-3997 Application No. 08/173,9531 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 5, 6, 8, and 9, all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1-4 and 7 have been canceled. 1Application for patent filed December 28, 1993. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application No. 07/720,831, filed September 16, 1991, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007