Ex parte KATO 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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 SHINICHIRO KATO and SHUICHI KIKUCHI                      
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                                Appeal No. 1997-3478                                  
                               Application 08/397,6481                                
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                               HEARD: January 24, 2000                                
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          Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and FRAHM, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s              
          final rejection of claims 1 to 6, which constitute all of the               
          pending claims in the case before us.                                       

               1Appellant relies upon a foreign priority filing date under 35 U.S.C.  
          § 119 of March 10, 1994.                                                    
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