Ex Parte IWAMOTO 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                  today was not written for publication and is not                                       
                  binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                          

                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                        
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                              
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                         Ex parte TETSUYA IWAMOTO, YOSHINORI SUZUKI,                                     
                      HIROSHI INAMURA, ATSUMU SODA, TATSUJI YAMAZAKI,                                    
                        JUNICHI OGIKUBO, SOICHIRO NIHO, NORIKAZU ITO,                                    
                                HIROYUKI FUJITA and YUICHI KOJIMA                                        
                                          ________________                                               
                                        Appeal No. 2000-2111                                             
                                      Application 08/860,5371                                            
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                  
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            Before THOMAS, LEVY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            SAADAT, 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, 2 and 8 through 11.                                  

                  1    Application for patent filed October 31, 1997 under                               
            35 U.S.C. § 371 based on the PCT application Serial No.                                      
            PCT/JP96/03367, filed November 15, 1996, which claims the foreign                            
            filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese                                    
            Applications No. 07-297224, filed November 15, 1995 and No. 07-                              
            332296, filed December 20, 1995.                                                             







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