Ex parte TOKAI 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 51                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                       Ex parte VOICHI TOKAI and MASASHI SAHASHI                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1367                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 07/804,5011                                                                         
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                                                         HEARD:  June 10, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 10-                                                                      
                 18, 28, 29, 34-36 and 55, all the claims remaining in the                                                                              
                 present application.  Claim 10 is illustrative:                                                                                        


                          1Application for patent filed December 10, 1991.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation                                                                            
                 of Application No. 07/536,083, filed June 11, 1990; which is                                                                           
                 a continuation of Application No. 07/305,169, filed                                                                                    
                 February 2, 1989; both which are abandoned.                                                                                            
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