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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte KUNIHIKO TOKURA, MASARU URYU, and SEIJA MATSUURA ________________ Appeal No. 1997-0498 Application No. 08/452,0641 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed May 26, 1995. According to appellants, this application is a division of Application No. 07/902,772, filed June 23, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,663,220, issued September 2, 1997; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/550,955, filed July 11, 1990, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007