Ex parte WADA et al. - 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                      
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                          Ex parte SHUNICHI WADA, YASUO NAITOU                                                                          
                                            and KAZUMICHI TSUTSUMI                                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0323                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/131,6841                                                                          
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                                                      HEARD: December 10, 1998                                                                          
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                 Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                               

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1-4,                                                                     
                 6-7, and 9-12.  The other claims remaining in the application,                                                                         
                 Claims 5 and 13, stand objected to as being dependent upon a                                                                           
                 rejected base claim.                                                                                                                   
                          Claim 1 reads as follows:                                                                                                     


                          1    Application for patent filed October 5, 1993.                                                                            
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