Ex parte KANDA 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                    publication and is not binding precedent of                       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. 32              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
          Ex parte SHOICHI KANDA, TAKESHI NARITA, MASAHIRO USHIGOME                   
          and MASAHARU NAGAHAMA                                                       
                                     __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 96-2323                                   
                               Application 08/116,555                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1-5 and 7-18, which are all of the claims remaining in               
          the application.                                                            
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               Appellants claim a process for making a water-in-oil                   

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