Ex parte ISHIDA 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 43                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                      Ex parte YASUO ISHIDA, KAZUNARI OHTA and HARUTOSHI YOSHIKAWA                                                                      
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                          Appeal No. 1996-0332                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/075,0171                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                          HEARD: July 15, 1999                                                                          
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before CAROFF, JOHN D. SMITH and LIEBERMAN, Administrative                                                                             
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection                                                                        
                 (Paper No. 16) of claims 21-40.  Subsequent to the final                                                                               
                 rejection, appellants first cancelled claims 21-40 and added                                                                           
                 claims 41-50 (Paper No. 17: Amendment E); then cancelled                                                                               


                          1Application for patent filed June 11, 1993.  According                                                                       
                 to the appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                                
                 Application No. 07/760,392, filed September 16, 1991.                                                                                  





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