Ex parte KUWAHARA et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                            Paper No. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
            Ex parte RIKIYA KUWAHARA, JUNKO IGARASHI and MAKOTO NAGASAWA              
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1997-2567                                  
                               Application 08/390,029                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow                 
          claims 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 as amended after final rejection.                  
          Claim 8, which is the only other claim remaining in the                     
          application, stands withdrawn from consideration by the                     
          examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention.                   


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