Ex parte MITSUHASHI 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            publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                              
                                            _____________                                               
                                  Ex parte SYOJI MITSUHASHI,                                            
                                          and SATORU GOZU                                               
                                            _____________                                               
                                        Appeal No. 97-2582                                              
                                      Application 08/484,3531                                           
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                 
                                          _______________                                               
            Before KRASS, FLEMING and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           
                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                  This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                               
            the examiner's rejection of claims 7, 8-10 and 15-18.  No                                   
            claim has been allowed.                                                                     
                             References relied on by the Examiner                                       
            Kinoshita et al.              5,170,262                      Dec. 8, 1992                   
            (Kinoshita)                                                                                 


             Application for patent filed June 7, 1995. According to appellants, the1                                                                                     
            application is a division of Application 08/144,809, filed October 28, 1993, now Patent     
            No. 5,497,193, granted March 5, 1996.                                                       
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