Ex parte TANABE 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         not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the            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. 26          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    __________                                      
                              Ex parte CHISHIRO TANABE                              
                                        and                                         
                                   YUJI YAMAGUCHI                                   
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1999-1835                                
                             Application No. 08/654,976                             
                                    ___________                                     
                              HEARD: November 27, 2001                              
                                    ___________                                     
         Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                  
         Judges.                                                                    
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from            
         the examiner’s final rejection of claims 5 through 8, 10, 13,              
         15, 16, and 18 in the above-identified application.1  Claim 19,            

                                                                                   
              1  In reply to the final Office action, the appellants                
         submitted an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116 (1981) on July 1,              
         1998 (paper 13), proposing the cancellation of claims 14 and 17            
         and changes to claims 8, 13, 15, and 18.  The examiner has                 
         entered this amendment for purposes of this appeal.  (Advisory             
         action of July 14, 1998, paper 14.)                                        





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