Ex Parte INOUE 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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46               
                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                           
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
                                                ____________                                                    
                                Ex parte MASAYUKI INOUE, SHIGEYUKI ITOH,                                        
                                 YUTAKA TAKAMI, and KENJI MATSUMOTO                                             
                                                ____________                                                    
                                            Appeal No. 2003-0946                                                
                                          Application No. 08/904,137                                            
                                                ____________                                                    
                                         HEARD: November 20, 2003                                               
                                                ____________                                                    
             Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, 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 rejection             
             of claims 20-38, 51-58, 71-87, 93, and 94, which are all the claims remaining in the               
             application.                                                                                       
                   We reverse.                                                                                  











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