Ex parte OHMI 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                               Ex parte TADAHIRO OHMI,                                
                          MICHIO YAMAJI, HIROSHI MOROKOSHI,                           
                           SHIGERU ITOI, NOBUKAZU IKEDA,                              
                                 and TETSUYA KOJIMA                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1999-0082                                  
                               Application 08/655,022                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                HEARD: March 8, 2000                                  
                                     __________                                       

          Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                    
          finally rejecting claims 1-8, which at that point constituted               
          all of the claims of record in the application.  By amendment               
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