Ex parte KASHIMURA 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding         
               precedent of the Board.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. 24         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte YUICHI KASHIMURA, YUTAKA TAKAKU, and TOSHIO ISHII               
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                                  Appeal No. 1997-1071                                 
                              Application No. 08/350,1191                              
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                               HEARD: September 15, 1999                               
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          Before KRASS, MARTIN, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                  
          rejection of claims 1, 2, and 5 through 15.  Claims 2 and 3                  
          have been canceled.  Claim 4 is objected to as depending from                
          a rejected base claim.                                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a method and                       
          apparatus for diagnosing a misfire in a multi-cylinder engine                


               Application for patent filed November 29, 1994.1                                                                      





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