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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 MANABU INOUE,
HIROKAZU YAGURA,
TORU ISHII,
YUKARI MAEDA,
TETSUO YAMADA,
and
KATSUYUKI NANBA
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Appeal No. 1998-2540
Application No. 08/214,707
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 2-5, 7-10, 12-14 and
16-21, which constitute all the claims remaining in the
application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on
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