Ex parte HASHIMOTO 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                       publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40              
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                     Ex parte KEN HASHIMOTO, IZURU MATSUI,                                               
                                        TOSHITAKE YUI and FUMINORI KOIDE                                                 
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                                                 Appeal No. 1997-1004                                                    
                                               Application No. 08/095,4791                                               
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and                                                    
              TORCZON, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                          
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        


                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       

                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5, 6,              
              8 and 10-21, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                      
                     We REVERSE.                                                                                         



                     Application for patent filed July 23, 1993.  According to appellants, this application  is a1                                                                                                  
              continuation of application serial number 07/737,900, filed Jul. 26, 1991, which is a continuation of      
              application serial number 07/487,051, filed Mar. 5, 1990.                                                  





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