Ex parte SHIMOJIMA et al. - Page 1




                                      THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                       

                           The opinion in support of the decision being enteredtoday (1) was not written for                                             
                  publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            

                                                                                          Paper No. 62                                                   


                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        

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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                             Ex parte YASUHIRO SHIMOJIMA, GENJI MORI, TAKASHI YOSHIOKA,                                                                  
                                     TOSHIO OZAKI, HIROYUKI HAMATO and ITSUO MAKINO                                                                      

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                                                                Appeal No. 95-4386                                                                       
                                                             Application 08/127,1391                                                                     
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                                                              HEARD:  June 7, 1999                                                                       
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                  Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                      

                  FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          

                           Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 4 to 9 and                                



                           1Application for patent filed September 27, 1993.  According to appellants, the application is a continuation                 
                  of Application 07/875,596, filed April 28, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/167,318,                     
                  filed March 11, 1988, now abandoned.  Appellants rely upon a Foreign priority filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of                     
                  June 1, 1987.                                                                                                                          
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