Ex parte HARADA 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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22              
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                     ____________                                                        
                              Ex parte YOSHIHISA HARADA and HIROFUMI NAKAGOMI                                            
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                                 Appeal No. 2001-2377                                                    
                                               Application No. 08/967,023                                                
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                              HEARD: November 13, 2001                                                   
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              Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
              ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       




                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, as                  
              amended after the final rejection, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                


                     We AFFIRM and designate our affirmance to be a new ground of rejection under 37                     
              CFR 1.196(b).                                                                                              











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