Ex parte KATASE 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                      Ex parte SHUNICHI KATASE                                                                          
                                                             and SIGEO TAMURA                                                                           
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-1321                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/366,4481                                                                          
                                                               ______________                                                                           
                                                       HEARD: December 6, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and DIXON, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2,                                                                       

                          1Application for patent filed December 30, 1994.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                          
                 Application 07/952,920, filed September 28, 1992, now                                                                                  
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             
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