Ex parte KUMAGAI 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                    law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                                       

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                     
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                                 Ex parte NAOKI KUMAGAI                                                                                    
                                                                   and KATSUNORI UENO                                                                                      
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                                                                       Appeal No. 95-0648                                                                                  
                                                                     Application 08/001,1991                                                                               
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before URYNOWICZ, HAIRSTON and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                  
                    URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                

                                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                     
                              This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 13-19 and 21-23.                                                                           
                              The invention pertains to a short protective circuit.  Claim 13, the only independent claim,                                                 
                    is illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                                                                  


                              1Application for patent filed January 7, 1993.  According to appellants, this application is                                                 
                    a continuation-in-part of Application 07/854,085, filed March 19, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                            
                    5,303,110, granted April 14, 1994.                                                                                                                     
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