The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MASATO NAKAJIMA, JUNICHI YAMAGUCHI, HIROYA AKITA, YOSHIHIRO TSUJI, KAZUYUKI SASAKI, and NAOTO ISHIKAWA Appeal No. 1998-0728 Application 08/468,2311 ON BRIEF Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. Application for patent filed June 6, 1995, entitled "A1 Vehicle Surrounding Monitor With Obstacle Avoidance Lighting," which is a continuation of Applications 08/217,131, filed March 24, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/945,482, filed September 15, 1992, now abandoned, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 3-239551, filed September 19, 1991, and Japanese Application 4-170559, filed June 29, 1992. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007