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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 47 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte OSAMU YOKOMIZO, YUICHIRO YOSHIMOTO, YOSHIYUKI KATAOKA, SHINICHI KASHIWAI, YASUHIRO MASUHARA, AKIO TOMIYAMA, AKIHITO ORII, KOTARO INOUE, TAKAAKI MOCHIDA, and TATSUO HAYASHI ____________ Appeal No. 1996-3167 Application No. 07/974,8341 ____________ HEARD: January 13, 2000 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28 to 31, 34, 35 and 41 to 52. Claims 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 to 22, 32, 33 and 36 to 38 have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1Application for patent filed November 16, 1992 (Attorney Docket No. 501.25507CC2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007