Ex Parte HAYASHI 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 61              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
                      Ex parte TAKAO HAYASHI, YASUNOBU ONISHI,                        
                    KAZUO SATO, KENJI CHIBA and MASATAKA MIYAMURA                     
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2000-1846                                  
                             Application No. 08/709,879                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                HEARD: March 20, 2002                                 
                                   _______________                                    

          Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and MOORE, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 52-56             
          and 62-64.  Claims 43-47 and 57-61, the other claims remaining in           
          the present application, stand withdrawn from consideration.  A             
          copy of illustrative claim 52 is appended to this decision.                 













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