Ex parte SHIBATA 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                          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                 
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                            
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                 
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                               Ex parte TAKUJI SHIBATA, NORIO SAITO and YUTAKA SODA                                                      
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                                                        Appeal No. 1997-0447                                                             
                                                     Application No. 08/231,513                                                          
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                                                               ON BRIEF                                                                  
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                Before KRASS, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                         
                DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                      


                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                

                        This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, which                            
                are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                       
                        We REVERSE.                                                                                                      














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