Ex parte SAWADA 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 42                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                  Ex parte KAZUO SAWADA et al.                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-2457                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/851,3121                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed May 5, 1997.  According to                                                                      
                 Appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                          
                 No. 08/451,034, filed May 25, 1995, now abandoned; which is a                                                                          
                 continuation of Application No. 08/364,006, filed December 27,                                                                         
                 1994, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application                                                                            
                 No. 07/979,449, filed November 20, 1992, now abandoned; which                                                                          
                 is a continuation of Application No. 07/579,666, filed                                                                                 
                 September 7, 1990, now abandoned; which is a division of                                                                               
                 Application No. 07/152,713, filed February 5, 1988, now                                                                                
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             





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