Ex Parte SETO 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                    today was not written for publication and is not                                              
                    binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                             
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
                                              ________________                                                    
                            Ex parte YOSHIHIRO SETO and TOSHIMI FURUYA                                            
                                              ________________                                                    
                                           Appeal No. 1998-2213                                                   
                                          Application 08/655,863                                                  
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                       
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             Before WARREN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                                          
             Judges.                                                                                              
             OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  

                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                    This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                      
             claims 6-17.  Subsequent to the final rejection, claims 10 and 13                                    
             were indicated allowable by the examiner (advisory action mailed                                     
             June 30, 1997 (paper no. 9); examiner’s answer, page 9).                                             
             Claims 1-5, which are the only other claims in the application,                                      
             have been canceled.                                                                                  

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