Ex parte TOKURA 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                             


                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                          Ex parte KUNIHIKO TOKURA, MASARU URYU,                                                                        
                                                           and SEIJA MATSUURA                                                                           
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                                          Appeal No. 1997-0498                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/452,0641                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                             ________________                                                                           

                 Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WARREN, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed May 26, 1995.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                                           
                 No. 07/902,772, filed June 23, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                               
                 5,663,220, issued September 2, 1997; which is a continuation                                                                           
                 of Application No. 07/550,955, filed July 11, 1990, now                                                                                
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             
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