Ex Parte NAKAMURA 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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TAKAO NAKAMURA AND                                                      
                                                  MICHITOMO IIYAMA                                                         
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                                                 Appeal No. 2000-0281                                                      
                                                 Application 08/907,494                                                    
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before KRATZ, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
              MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         

                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of                        
              claims 1 - 7 and 12-15.  Claims 9-11 have been canceled.  Claim 8 is indicated to be                         
              allowable if rewritten to include all the limitations of the claims from which it depends.                   


                                                         CLAIMS                                                            
                     Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                               


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