Ex parte MAEKAWA et al. - Page 1




                                   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                                  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                 
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                      Ex parte HISATO MAEKAWA, KAZUHIKO YAMATO,                                                                         
                                              REIZI MAHIGASHI and YOSHITAKA ABE                                                                         
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                                                          Appeal No. 2000-1628                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 09/163,013                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Hisato Maekawa et al. appeal from the final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 14 through 18, all of the claims pending in the                                                                                 
                 application.1                                                                                                                          
                                                                THE INVENTION                                                                           




                          1Claim 14 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                                     





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