Ex parte TAKAHASHI 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                               Ex parte NAGASHIGE TAKAHASHI and HIROMICHI SHIBUYA                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1030                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/424,1151                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Nagashige Takahashi et al. appeal from the final                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed April 19, 1995.  According                                                                      
                 to the appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                                
                 Application 07/893,044, filed June 3, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                             
                 Application 07/893,044 was the subject of an earlier appeal to                                                                         
                 this Board (Appeal No. 95-0905).  In the earlier appeal, the                                                                           
                 panel deciding the instant appeal rendered a decision                                                                                  
                 sustaining the examiner's rejections (see Paper No. 13).                                                                               
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