Ex parte SAKUMA 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                    (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30                                       
                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                          Ex parte SHINZO SAKUMA, and                                                                                      
                                                                      SAMPEI MIYAMOTO                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 97-4425                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/619,4181                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before KRASS, FLEMING and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                           
                    LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                      
                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                                  
                    examiner's final rejection of claims 11-16, 18 and 19.  Claims                                                                                         
                    1-10 have been canceled.  Claim 20 has been allowed.                                                                                                   
                                                  Reference Relied on by the Examiner                                                                                      


                              1Application filed March 21, 1996.  According to the                                                                                         
                    appellants, it is a continuation of Application 08/420,335, filed                                                                                      
                    April 11, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation of                                                                                              
                    Application 08/243,585, filed May 16, 1994, now abandoned, which                                                                                       
                    is a division of Application 07/986,998, filed December 7, 1992,                                                                                       
                    now Patent No. 5,313,426.                                                                                                                              
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