Ex parte WATANABE et al. - Page 1





                          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                             publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 58            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
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                             Ex parte SHIGEYOSHI WATANABE, TSUNEAKI FUSE,                                      
                               KOJI SAKUI, MASAKO OHTA, YUKIHITO OOWAKI,                                       
                                     KENJI NUMATA and FUJIO MASUOKA                                            
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                                             Appeal No. 1996-3846                                              
                                           Application No. 08/251,649                                          
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                    
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             Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                             
             DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               



                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                

                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 37.        
             Claims 24-36 also remain in this application, but issues thereto have been addressed in a         
             separate decision mailed March 14, 2000.                                                          


                   We REVERSE.                                                                                 









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