Ex parte WATANABE - 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          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte TOKUJI WATANABE                                
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                                 Appeal No. 97-3990                                   
                               Application 08/531,0691                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, MEISTER and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                      

               Tokuji Watanabe (the appellant) appeals from the final                 
          rejection of claim 9, the only claim remaining in the                       
          application.                                                                
               We REVERSE and, pursuant to our authority under the                    

               1Application for patent filed September 20, 1995.  According to appellant, the
          application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/165,474, filed December 13,
          1993, now abandoned.                                                        
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