Ex parte TANAKA 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 25                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                    Ex parte SHINSAKU TANAKA and TOSHIO YOSHIMURA                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-0454                                                                         
                                                     Application No. 08/417,9851                                                                        
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                                                      HEARD: September 15, 1999                                                                         
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                 Before KRASS, MARTIN, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    




                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          


                          This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 1 through 6 under 35 U.S.C. 251 based on a broadening of                                                                        

                          1Application for patent filed April 6, 1995.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, this application is a Reissue of Application                                                                            
                 No. 06/938,614, filed December 5, 1986, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                            
                 4,779,147.                                                                                                                             





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