The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHOICHI KANDA, TAKESHI NARITA, MASAHIRO USHIGOME and MASAHARU NAGAHAMA __________ Appeal No. 96-2323 Application 08/116,555 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-18, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellants claim a process for making a water-in-oil 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007