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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 MARGARET A. KATO and FRANK S. GLAUG                       
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1998-2817                                  
                             Application No. 08/455,366                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and                   
          ABRAMS and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
          GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1, 3 through 7, 9 through 13, 15 through 19, 21 through              
          26 and 28 through 36.  These claims constitute all of the                   
          claims pending in this application.                                         
               We AFFIRM and enter new rejections pursuant to 37 CFR                  
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