Ex Parte BANDO 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 29              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
             Ex parte TAKASHI BANDO, MASATAKA YASU and KIICHI YAMATSUTA               
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2001-0159                                  
                               Application 08/936,724                                 
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                                HEARD: APRIL 24, 2002                                 
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          Before OWENS, TIMM and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4,             
          6, 9, 11, 15 and 16, which are all of the claims remaining in the           
          application.1                                                               




               1 Claims 15 and 16 (amendment filed September 20, 1999, paper          
          no. 9) have not been clerically entered.  The examiner should               
          have these claims entered.                                                  
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