The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TOMOHIKO YAMAMOTO, YUKIO INABA, GENJI KOGA, HIDEKI NOGUCHI, and JOJI FUNATSU ____________ Appeal No. 96-2322 Application No. 08/112,478 HEARD; JULY 11, 2001 ____________________________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claims 2 through 5, 8 through 12, 14 and 15 as amended subsequent to the Final Rejection, which are all of the claims pending in this application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007