Ex Parte OSHIMA 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 42              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                              Ex parte SHINICHI OSHIMA                                
                                and MASAYUKI MIYAUCHI                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-2175                                  
                             Application No. 09/060,960                               
                                                                                     
                                Heard: March 4, 2003                                  
                                                                                     

          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Shinichi Oshima et al. appeal from the final rejection                 
          (Paper No. 26) of claims 1 through 5, all of the claims pending             
          in the application.                                                         
               The record (see page 1 in the main brief, Paper No. 33)                
          indicates that this appeal is related to a parallel appeal in               
          Application No. 08/988,181 (Appeal No. 2002-1912).                          








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