Ex parte TERASAWA et al. - Page 1




                         THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                 
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
          publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                      
                                                               Paper No. 36           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte TOMOZANE TERASAWA,                               
                         YASUHIRO LINO, YOSUKE MATSUSHIMA,                            
                               and  HIROHITO NISHIMURA                                
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1999-2677                                  
                               Application 08/878,769                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB,               
          and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Tomozane Terasawa et al. appeal from the final rejection               
          of claims 3, 22, 23 and 30.   Claims 4, 20, 21 and 24 through1                                                
          29, the only other claims pending in the application, stand                 
          withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).                 



               1Claim 23 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.              
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