Ex parte TSUKAMOTO - Page 1




                                  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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37                              

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                               Ex parte KATSUHIRO TSUKAMOTO                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-1549                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/296,9881                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before THOMAS, MARTIN, and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's                                                          
                final rejection of claim 10, Appellant's sole pending claim,                                                                  



                         1Application for patent filed August 26, 1994.  According                                                            
                to Appellant, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                
                07/738,648, filed July 31, 1991 (now abandoned), which is a                                                                   
                continuation of Application 07/662,989, filed February 28, 1991                                                               
                (now Patent No. 5,047,818), which is a continuation of                                                                        
                Application 07/146,686, filed January 20, 1988 (now abandoned).                                                               





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