Ex parte IKEDA 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                                                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16               

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                                     Ex parte HIDEAKI IKEDA,                                                         
                                                       MASANORI KOSUGI,                                                              
                                                         SHIZUO KIMURA,                                                              
                                                       MAMORU MATSUO,                                                                
                                                       TSUTOMU TAGATA                                                                
                                                 AND NOBUYUKI MATSUMOTO                                                              
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                                                        Appeal No. 1997-2958                                                         
                                                     Application No. 08/401,719                                                      
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
               TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                    


                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             

                       This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through               

               22, the only claims in the application.                                                                               










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