Ex parte NODA 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 18                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                      Ex parte KAZUHIRO NODA, KENICHI TAKAHASHI, KOICHI TANAKA and                                                                      
                                                               HARUO WATANABE                                                                           
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                                                          Appeal No. 1996-2758                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/103,7921                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                                                                           
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s                                                                           
                 refusal to allow claims 1 through 5, 8, 14, 16, 20 through 24,                                                                         
                 27 and 33 through 35, which are all of the claims remaining in                                                                         
                 the application.  Subsequent to the final Office action dated                                                                          

                          1Application for patent filed August 10, 1993.                                                                                
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