Ex parte TOMITA 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                   publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                     
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                  
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                                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                  
                                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                   
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                                             Ex parte EISUKE TOMITA and NAGOTO MORIYA                                                                               
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                                                                 Appeal No. 1997-0252                                                                               
                                                                Application 08/200,8201                                                                             
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                                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                                  
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                   Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                               
                   JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                        
                                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                  
                   This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final                                                                 
                   rejection of claims 7-28, which constitute all the claims in the application.  Three                                                             
                   amendments after final rejection were filed, and each of these amendments was entered                                                            



                            1Application for patent filed February 23, 1994.                                                                                        
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