Ex parte NAKATANI 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                 written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28                 

                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                   
                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                          
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                               Ex parte MUNEHIRO NAKATANI,                                       
                                     MASAMICHI SUGIURA,                                          
                                              and                                                
                                       HIDEO MURAMATSU                                           
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                                    Appeal No. 1997-3662                                         
                                 Application No. 07/964,342                                      
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                                           ON BRIEF                                              
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           Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                              
           Judges.                                                                               
           RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                

                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                          
                 This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection                       
           of claims 1-18, all of the claims pending in the application.                         
           An amendment after final rejection filed September 23, 1996,                          
           was approved for entry by the Examiner.                                               
                 The claimed invention relates to a coding system and                            
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