Ex parte TANIAI 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding          
               precedent of the Board.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. 40         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte TAKAMASA TANIAI, YASUHIKO HANAOKA, and YUZURU KOGA               
                                      ____________                                      
                                   Appeal No. 96-2742                                   
                               Application No. 08/311,3711                              
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                                  HEARD: August 3, 1999                                 
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          Before THOMAS, MARTIN, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           



                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                   
          rejection of claims 1 through 17, which are all of the claims                 
          pending in this application.                                                  




               1 Application for patent filed September 23, 1994.  According to         
          appellants, this application is a continuation of Serial No. 07/601,728, filed
          May 21, 1992, now abandoned.                                                  





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