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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHUNSUKE BAN, TAKAO MAEDA, HIROSHI YOSHINO and TSUTOMU OOKA __________ Appeal No. 96-4152 Application 08/177,3911 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed January 5, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007