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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TOSHIO KURIHARA, TOSHIYUKI NISHIO, HISAO YAMAMOTO, MINORU KAMIMURA, SHINICHI TESHIMA, TSUNEO HANYU and SHIGENORI EMI ____________ Appeal No. 1996-1960 Application No. 07/975,167 ____________ HEARD: March 21, 2000 ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges. SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 13 through 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. A copy of claims 13-20 is attached to this decision.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007