Ex parte SHIMAMUNE 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 24                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                 Ex parte TAKAYUKI SHIMAMUNE, and YASUO NAKAJIMA                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1996-2798                                                                         
                                                     Application No. 08/109,5971                                                                        
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                                                        HEARD: January 12, 2000                                                                         
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                 Before OWENS, WALTZ, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                




                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          






                          1Application for patent filed August 20, 1993.  According                                                                     
                 to appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                                           
                 No. 07/972,630, filed November 6, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                            
                 5,354,444, issued October 11, 1994.                                                                                                    





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