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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TORU YOSHIE and TAKUYA SATOU
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Appeal No. 2001-0267
Application No. 08/980,352
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HEARD: MARCH 21, 2001
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Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 8, all of the claims in the application. Since claim
4 was canceled subsequent to the final rejection (Paper No.
8), only claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 8 are before us for
review.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a clipping device. A
basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a
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