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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte KAZUYUKI OKUI and MAKOTO SHIOKAWA ______________ Appeal No. 96-0898 Application 08/083,838 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge. Decision on Appeal and Opinion This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 8 through 22 and 24 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.1 We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot sustain the ground of rejection of the appealed claims, of which claim 8 is representative, under 35 1 See the amendment of November 4, 1994 (Paper No. 9), in which claim 23 was canceled. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007