Ex Parte NAKATSU 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                 
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
                                                     ____________                                                          
                           Ex parte YUTAKA NAKATSU, SHIN IIMA, KAYOKO OHYOSHI,                                             
                                              and TOMOMI NAKAMURA                                                          
                                                     ____________                                                          
                                                 Appeal No. 1999-2345                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/610,758                                                   
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                                                       ON BRIEF1                                                           
                                                     ____________                                                          
              Before RUGGIERO, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                        
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    




                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                          
              rejection of claims 1-7, which are all the claims in the application.                                        
                     We affirm.                                                                                            






                     1 Appellants waived oral hearing; see fax communication filed July 2, 2001.                           





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