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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 56 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SHIGEO MORIMOTO, TAKASHI ADACHI, TOHRU MATSUNAGA, MASATO KASHIMURA, YOSHIAKI WATANABE and KAORU SOTA ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1080 Application No. 07/869,111 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 3 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated Aug. 12, 1994, Paper No. 48, entered as per the Advisory Action dated Sep. 2, 1994, Paper No. 49). Claims 1 through 3 are the only claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007