Ex parte NOMURA 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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HIROTOSHI NOMURA, KEIJI NAKAYAMA,                        
                          HISAKAZU TAKAGISHI and TOKUMI IKEDA                         
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                                 Appeal No. 1996-0345                                 
                              Application No. 08/101,9991                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          




                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 5 through 7, which are all of the claims                
          pending in this application.2                                               
               We REVERSE.                                                            

               1Application for patent filed August 4, 1993.                          
               2Claim 5 has been amended after the final rejection (Paper No. 7).     





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