Ex parte IWASAKI et al. - Page 1




                                                       Paper No. 25                   

               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                              Ex parte MASANOBU IWASAKI                               
                               and KATSUHIRO TSUKAMOTO                                
                                   ______________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-0633                                   
                              Application 07/971,0411                                 
                                   _______________                                    
                                   ON BRIEF                                           
                                   _______________                                    
          Before URYNOWICZ, THOMAS and KRASS, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s              
          final rejection of claims 1 to 15 and 19 to 23.  Claims 16                  
          through 18 and 24 through 27 relate to a nonelected invention               
          made subject to a restriction requirement.                                  

               Application for patent filed November 3, 1992.1                                                                     
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