The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KIYOO MORITA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-0812 Application No. 08/378,9541 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 13, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1 Application filed January 26, 1995, for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,192,481 (Application No. 07/444,235, filed December 1, 1989) which issued March 9, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007