Ex parte INAMORI 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                      Ex parte YOSHIMITSU INAMORI                                                                       
                                                                 and KOICHI ODA                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                           Appeal No. 1998-3064                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/445,8671                                                                       
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                                                         HEARD: October 21, 1999                                                                        
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                 Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, 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 the final rejection of claims 2 and 4-12.  We reverse.                                                                            



                          1The application was filed on May 22, 1995.  It is a                                                                          
                 divisional of Application Serial No. 08/191,723, which was                                                                             
                 filed on February 4, 1994.  The latter application was a                                                                               
                 continuation of Application Serial No. 07/743,608, which was                                                                           
                 filed on August 9, 1991 and is now abandoned.                                                                                          





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