Ex Parte AKASHI et al - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                        
                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for          
                             publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.              
                                                                                   Paper No. 45                       
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                       Ex parte KAZUYA AKASHI, KAZUO ENOMOTO, NAOKI GOSHIMA,                                          
                                KENICHIROU TAKAHASHI, HIDEKI KAWAMURA,                                                
                                  TAKESHI HASEGAWA, YASUO TAKEMURA,                                                   
                                              HIDETAKA YAMAZAKI                                                       
                                              and ATSUSHI HAMADA                                                      
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                                               Appeal No. 2001-1454                                                   
                                               Application 08/412,118                                                 
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                         
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             Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and SAADAT, 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 18-21, 23, 24 and 26-37, which constitute all the claims remaining in                
             the application.  An amendment after final rejection was filed on April 18, 2000 and was                 
             entered by the examiner.                                                                                 

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