Ex parte MASUI 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              journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                      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. 47          
                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                   ____________                                    
                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                   ____________                                    
            Ex parte SHOHEI MASUI, MASAHITO MATSUMOTO, NOBUHIRO USUI,              
                     TOSHIHIRO HOSOKAWA and RYUICHI ISHITSUBO                      
                                   ____________                                    
                               Appeal No. 1996-2638                                
                           Application No. 08/173,9301                             
                                   ____________                                    
                                     ON BRIEF                                      
                                   ____________                                    
         Before CARROFF, PAK, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                   
         Judges.                                                                   
         PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s                  
         refusal to allow claims 1 and 8 through 15 which are all of               


              1 Application for patent filed December 28, 1993.                    
         According to appellants, the application in is a continuation             
         of Application No. 07/866,307, filed April 13, 1992; which is             
         a continuation of Application No. 07/455,009, filed December              
         22, 1989, now abandoned.                                                  





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