Ex Parte TAKIZAWA 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
                                                   ____________                                                        
                        Ex parte MICHIAKI TAKIZAWA, KAZUO USUI, TAKASHI HAKODA,                                        
                                             and CHIHARU NISHIZAWA                                                     
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                                               Appeal No. 2002-1140                                                    
                                             Application No. 08/947,470                                                
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before KRASS, BARRY, 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 5 and 15-20, which are all the claims remaining in the application.                  
                     We reverse.                                                                                       













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