Ex parte AKABORI et al. - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        
                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                         
                 was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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 KENICHI AKABORI, HIROSHI OGAWA,                                                                         
                                          KATSUHIRO SHIOBARA, and YUUJI AOYAGI                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-3351                                                                           
                                                       Application 07/735,3561                                                                          
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                                                     HEARD: September 15, 1997                                                                          
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                 Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative                                                                            
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                               

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1-                                                                       
                 13, 16-31, and 33-41.  Claims 14 and 15 were withdrawn as                                                                              
                 directed to a nonelected species and Claim 32 was canceled.                                                                            
                          We affirm in part.                                                                                                            


                          1Application for patent filed July 24, 1991.                                                                                  





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