Ex parte SHINJI NAKATANI - 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                 Ex parte SHINJI NAKATANI                                                                                              
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1996-3276                                                                                              
                                                                  Application 07/978,5181                                                                                              
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                                                                  HEARD: November 4, 1999                                                                                              
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                     Before JERRY SMITH, LALL and GROSS, Administrative Patent                                                                                                         
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is an appeal from the final rejection  of claims 1                                   2                                                            


                                1  Application for patent filed November 20, 1992.                                                                                                     
                                2 An amendment after the final rejection, changing claim                                                                                               
                     22, was filed [paper no. 22] and was entered in the record by                                                                                                     
                     the Examiner [paper no. 23].  Other amendments after the final                                                                                                    
                     rejection, [paper nos. 14 and 17] were also entered, however,                                                                                                     
                     they made no changes to the claims.                                                                                                                               
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