Ex parte YAMADA 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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte KAZUHIRO YAMADA,                                
                                 HIROSHI YAMAGISHI,                                   
                                 KAZUNORI MATSUDA,                                    
                                  KOUICHI MINAMI,                                     
                                    ISAO NAGATA,                                      
                                 YOSHIYASU TAGAWA,                                    
                                    KAZUAKI UMI,                                      
                                        and                                           
                                  HITOSHI TERASHIMA                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1998-2502                                  
                             Application No. 08/525,007                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before KRASS, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 29.  Claims 30 through 41 have been withdrawn              
          as being drawn to a nonelected invention.                                   






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