Ex parte OHTANI 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     __________                                       
                      Ex parte TADASHI OHTANI, YOSHIKAZU IIDA,                        
                   HIROYUKI ISURU, DAIKI TSUKAHARA, RIICHI HIGAKI                     
                                 and YUKIKAZU IWANE                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-2720                                  
                               Application 08/352,730                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and FLEMING, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 3, which                      
          constitute all the claims remaining in the application.  An                 
          amendment after final rejection was filed on June 20, 1997 and              
          was entered by the examiner.                                                
          The disclosed invention pertains to a device which                          
                                          1                                           





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007