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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 72 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte YUTAKA SHIBAHASHI, NORIKAZU NAKASUJI, TSUTOMU KITO, MICHIYUKI YASUDA, KUNIYUKI SENGA ____________ Appeal No. 1998-1015 Application No. 08/208,912 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 15, 5-9 and 11-13. Claims 16-18, the other claims remaining in the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 15 is illustrative: 15. A color memory toy comprising: a toy having an outer surface which is painted with a paint containing a quasi-reversible thermochromic coloring material or with both a paint containing said quasi-reversible thermochromic coloring material and a paint containing a temperature invariant colored material,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007