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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NAGASHIGE TAKAHASHI and HIROMICHI SHIBUYA __________ Appeal No. 98-1030 Application 08/424,1151 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Nagashige Takahashi et al. appeal from the final 1Application for patent filed April 19, 1995. According to the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application 07/893,044, filed June 3, 1992, now abandoned. Application 07/893,044 was the subject of an earlier appeal to this Board (Appeal No. 95-0905). In the earlier appeal, the panel deciding the instant appeal rendered a decision sustaining the examiner's rejections (see Paper No. 13). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007