Ex parte ITO 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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                      Ex parte MICHIO ITO and HIROSHI YAGASAKI                        
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1998-2836                                  
                             Application No. 08/453,211                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    

          Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final              
          rejection of claims 1 through 3, 8 through 11 and 16 through                
          23, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.               
               We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                     
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