Ex parte NAKABAYASHI 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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                     Ex parte WATARU NAKABAYASHI, KAZUYA HONGO,                       
                     KOICHI YASAKU, KAZUAKI AOKI, MASAAKI SUWABE,                     
                        KIYOSHI HASHIMOTO and SATORU INAKAGE                          
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1998-1718                                  
                             Application No. 08/479,862                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    

          Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13-               
          19 and 21-26.  Claims 10-12, the other claims remaining in the              
          present application, stand withdrawn from consideration.                    
          Claim 13 is illustrative:                                                   

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