Ex parte UCHIDA 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                    Ex parte SEIICHI UCHIDA, TOSHINOBU KURAZONO,                      
                         SEIGO ISHIBASHI and ETSURO MATSUDA                           
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0305                                  
                               Application 08/385,110                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WARREN, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow                 
          claims 5-9 as amended after final rejection.  These are all of              
          the claims remaining in the application.                                    
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a                 
          tower for removing residual monomers from a slurry of                       

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