Ex parte TAKAHASHI et al. - Page 1




                                                       Paper No. 40                   

               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                             Ex parte HIDEKI TAKAHASHI,                               
                                 HIDENORI NISHIHARA,                                  
                                  MASANA HARADA and                                   
                                   TADAHARU MINATO                                    
                                   ______________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-2846                                  
                              Application 08/388,5991                                 
                                   _______________                                    
                              HEARD: JANUARY 11, 2000                                 
                                   _______________                                    
          Before Hairston, Hecker and Lall, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claim 7.  Claims 3 through 6, 8, 10 through 12 and 18 through               


               1Application for patent filed February 14, 1995.                       
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