Ex parte YAMAGAMI 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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                     Ex parte TAMOTSU YAMAGAMI, YOICHIRO                                                                                               
                                                              SAKO and MASANOBU YAMAMOTO                                                                                               
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                                                                        Appeal No. 95-0355                                                                                             
                                                                   Application 08/022,5611                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                                                                        
                     ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                               
                     McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                   

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                                              
                     rejection of claims 8 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  No other                                                 2                                                   

                                1   Application for patent filed February 25, 1993. According to appellants, the                                                                       
                     application is a division of Application 07/689,057, filed April 22, 1991, now Patent                                                                             
                     No. 5,587,901, granted December 24, 1996.                                                                                                                         
                                2    A minor amendment to claim 8 as filed after the final rejection has been                                                                          
                     entered by the examiner.                                                                                                                                          
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