Ex parte OKASHITA 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                    Ex parte RYUICHI OKASHITA and NAOYASU SUGIMOTO                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0279                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/926,9861                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before MEISTER, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 3 through 5, which are all of the claims                                                                           
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                           



                          1Application for patent filed September 10, 1997.                                                                             
                 According to the appellants, the application is a continuation                                                                         
                 of Application No. 08/669,825, filed June 26, 1996, now                                                                                
                 abandoned, which was a continuation of Application No.                                                                                 
                 08/360,060, filed December 20, 1994, now abandoned.                                                                                    





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