Ex parte MASUMOTO 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 16                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                    Ex parte TSUYOSHI MASUMOTO, AKIHISA INOUE, NOBUYUKI NISHIYAMA,                                                                      
                                         HIROYUKI HORIMURA AND TOSHISUKE SHIBATA                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 96-2056                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/210,1391                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before GRON, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                             
                 WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                              
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 11 through 14, which are                                                                          
                 the only claims remaining in this application.                                                                                         


                          1Application for patent filed March 17, 1994.  According                                                                      
                 to applicants, the application is a continuation of                                                                                    
                 Application 07/885,480, filed May 19, 1992, now U.S. Patent                                                                            
                 5,324,368, issued June 28, 1994.                                                                                                       





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