Ex parte YOSHIMURA 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte YOSHINORI YOSHIMURA                              
                                 and MASAAKI IWASAKI                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 1997-3420                                 
                               Application 08/371,227                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                    
          finally rejecting claims 1, 4 and 6-9, which at that point                  
          constituted all of the claims remaining of record in the                    
          application.  Subsequently, claims 1 and 9 were canceled and                


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