Ex parte YOKOYAMA 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 14                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                      Ex parte HENRY YOKOYAMA, JAMES H. KEITHLY                                                                         
                                                         and HAROLD W. GAUSMAN                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0769                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/203,3861                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before SOFOCLEOUS, JOHN D. SMITH, and KRATZ, Administrative                                                                            
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            


                                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                        
                          This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                        
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 2-4, all of the claims                                                                            



                          1Application for patent filed March 1, 1994.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, the application is a division of 07/860,413,                                                                            
                 filed March 30, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,298,483, issued                                                                            
                 March 29, 1994.                                                                                                                        





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