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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte OSAMU SHIMIZU and KANJI NAKANISHI
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Appeal No. 1998-0542
Application No. 08/479,843
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HEARD: February 22, 2001
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Before, OWENS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-6 and 11-19, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a single layer soft
magnetic thin film made of a specified composition and so as
to possess particular magnetic properties including a
coercivity not exceeding 2.5 Oe. Appellants allege that the
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