THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte HIROSHI MUKAWA __________________ Appeal No. 1998-0599 Application 08/434,0291 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge., and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of claims 31-36. Claims 27 and 29-30 have been allowed. Claims 1-26 and 28 have been canceled. References relied on by the Examiner Kato 4,885,653 December 5, 1989 1 Filed May 3, 1995. According to the appellant, it is a continuation of application 08/195,976, filed February 10, 1994, which is a continuation of application 07/833,927, filed February 11, 1992. The real party in interest is Sony Corporation.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007