Ex parte HASHIMOTO 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                                     and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                        Ex parte NOBUO HASHIMOTO, TORU ISHII, KENJI NAKAMURA,                                          
                               TAKESHI OGOSHI, GEN SASAKI, and TAKESHI AOI                                             
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                                               Appeal No. 1999-2019                                                    
                                             Application No. 08/646,810                                                
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                                              HEARD: APRIL 24, 2001                                                    
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              Before THOMAS, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                




                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                      
              rejection of claims 1-11 and 13-48, which are all the claims remaining in the application.               
                     We affirm-in-part.                                                                                













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