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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIO KOBAYASHI and KATSUYUKI MOROZUMI
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Appeal No. 2000-0008
Application No. 08/842,990
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCQUADE, CRAWFORD and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
rejection of claims 3, 4, 7 and 8, which are all of the claims
pending in this application. Claims 1, 2, 5 and 6 have been
canceled.
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
manufacturing a spline shaft. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 8,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
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