Ex Parte IKKAI 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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.  37             

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                              Ex parte YASUFUMI IKKAI,                                
                                   SATOSHI TAMAKI                                     
                                         AND                                          
                                    MASAKI TAGOME                                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-0470                                  
                               Application 08/612,211                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                HEARD: July 10, 2002                                  
                                     __________                                       
          Before STAAB, McQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-8, all the claims currently pending in the            
          application.                                                                
               This is the second appeal taken in this application.  In               
          Appeal Number 1999-1476, a merits panel of this Board reversed              

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