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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KEN HASHIMOTO, IZURU MATSUI, TOSHITAKE YUI and FUMINORI KOIDE ____________ Appeal No. 1997-1004 Application No. 08/095,4791 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and TORCZON, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10-21, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. Application for patent filed July 23, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a1 continuation of application serial number 07/737,900, filed Jul. 26, 1991, which is a continuation of application serial number 07/487,051, filed Mar. 5, 1990.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007