Ex parte TOSIHIRO FUSAYASU et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
               This opinion (1) was not written for publication and                   
               (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 31           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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             Ex parte TOSIHIRO FUSAYASU, KENJI KAGATA, HIROTUGU YAMADA,               
                ISAO KITAMURA, MASANOBU KOHARA, and MITSUYUKI TAKADA                  
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                                 Appeal No. 96-2821                                   
                               Application 08/015,007                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and FLEMING and           
          TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
          TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                       FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW                        
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               We have reviewed the record in its entirety in light of the            
          arguments of Applicants and the examiner.  Our decision presumes            
          familiarity with the entire record.  A preponderance of the                 
          evidence of record supports each of the following fact findings.            
          A.   The nature of the case                                                 
               1.   Applicants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final            
          rejection of claim 5.  (Paper 22.)  Claims 1-4 and 6-13 have been           
          canceled.  (Paper 16 at 1.)                                                 







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