Ex parte MOTOYAMA 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                   Ex parte NOBUAKI MOTOYAMA and SOUICHI KOBAYASHI                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 97-1246                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/196,7311                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before KRASS, MARTIN, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                                        
                 from a patent examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 7                                                                         
                 and 10.  Claims 8 and 9 were objected to as dependent on a                                                                             
                 rejected claim.                                                                                                                        


                          We REVERSE.                                                                                                                   


                          1Application for patent filed February 15, 1994.                                                                              





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