Ex parte ISHIKAWA 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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45           



                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte TAKATOSHI ISHIKAWA, KAZUAKI YOSHIDA,                     
              HIROSHI FUJIMOTO, JUNICHI YAMANOUCHI and TOMOKAZU YASUDA                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1276                                  
                              Application No.08/232,339                               
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                                HEARD:  March 6, 2001                                 
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          Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6-                
          10, 12, 13 and 15-19, all the claims remaining in the present               
          application.  A copy of illustrative claim 17 is appended to                
          this decision:                                                              

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