Ex parte MAESHIMA et al. - Page 1




                                                       Paper No. 21                   
               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                             Ex parte MASANOBU MAESHIMA,                              
                           HIROSHI KUBOTA, KOICHI YASUDA,                             
                       SHIGEKI HAYASHI and MASAHIRO HASHIZUME                         
                                   ______________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-0214                                  
                              Application 08/155,5601                                 
                                   _______________                                    
                                   ON BRIEF2                                          
                                   _______________                                    
          Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and HECKER, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   






               Application for patent filed November 22, 1993.1                                                                     
               2The oral hearing set for October 20, 1999 was waived by appellants in 
          a fax communication received on October 1, 1999.                            
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