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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HIROMI USUI, YUTAKA MASUDA and NOBUYOSHI HANDA __________ Appeal No. 1996-3995 Application 08/283,7211 ___________ HEARD: February 2, 2000 ___________ Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 7 through 9, which are the only claims remaining in this application. According to appellants, the invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a fabric for ink jet printing which comprises applying an aqueous dispersion or emulsion having 1Application for patent filed August 1, 1994. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007