The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TAKASHI INUSHIMA, VAITKUS RIMANTAS, MASAAKI HIROKI, EIJI SATO and SATOSHI TERAMOTO _____________ Appeal No. 1996-3262 Application No. 08/141,632 ______________ HEARD: JULY 12, 2001 _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 6 and 8-17. Claim 4 has been allowed1, and claims 7 and 18-21 have been canceled. 1 1 Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 19) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007