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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAKANAO TAKETOMI, TOSHIAKI SAKAGUCHI and HIDENORI KUMOBAYASHI ________________ Appeal No. 1996-2919 Application No. 08/139,861 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3- 26, all the claims remaining in the present application. A copy of claim 23 is appended to this decision. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007