Paper No. 18
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAHIRO WATANABE
and NORIAKI HARA
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Appeal No. 95-3869
Application 08/037,3011
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ON BRIEF
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Before Ronald H. Smith, Kimlin and Metz, Administrative Patent
Judges.
Ronald H. Smith, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
September 18, 1997, we mailed a decision on this appeal in
which we held that appealed claims 1-5 would have been prima
facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art (Paper No. 16).
Application for patent filed March 26, 1993.1
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