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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIDEO SUNAMI, TOKUO KURE, AND YOSHIFUMI KAWAMOTO1
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Appeal No. 1997-1808
Application No. 08/172,1012
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HEARD: October 11, 2000
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIMM, 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
27-39, 41-44, 46-48, 52, 57-60, 62, 63 and 66-76. Claim 48 was canceled and claim 77 was added
by the Amendment After Final Rejection filed June 8, 1995. The Examiner has since withdrawn all
1The real party in interest is Hitachi, Ltd.
2This application is a continuation of Serial Number 07/914,468, filed July 17, 1992, which is a
continuation of Serial Number 07/348,131, filed May 5, 1989, which is a continuation of Serial
Number 07/093,160, filed September 1, 1987, which is a continuation of Serial Number 06/465,341,
filed February 9, 1983. All of these prior applications have been abandoned.
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