Ex parte IWATA 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               was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                    
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 27                           

                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                               Ex parte YOSHIFUMI IWATA and KIYOSHI KUCHIKI                                                       
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                                                   Appeal No. 96-1899                                                             
                                               Application 07/936,0071                                                            
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                      
               Judges.                                                                                                            
               CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                           

                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             

                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1-4, 8,                                                
               9, and 11.  Claim 10 is objected to as being dependant on a                                                        
               rejected base claim, but otherwise allowable.  The other claims                                                    
               remaining in the application, Claims 5-7 and 12-17, were                                                           
               indicated as allowable in the Examiner’s Answer.                                                                   
                      We reverse.                                                                                                 

                      1Application for patent filed August 27, 1992.                                                              





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