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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MINORU MACHIDA, TOSHIO YAMADA,
TAKESHI NAITO and YUKIHITO ICHIKAWA
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Appeal No. 1998-1004
Application 08/401,984
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HEARD: March 13, 2001
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Before KIMLIN, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow
claims 24 through 30 and 38 as amended in the amendment of October 7, 1996 (Paper No. 14),
which are all of the claims remaining in the application as claims 1 through 8 and 31 through 37 were
cancelled in this amendment. Claim 24 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
24. An exhaust gas treatment apparatus through which an exhaust gas containing fine particles
is passed along a flow direction, comprising:
a first filter comprising a first filter main body, a first counter room provided downstream of the
first filter main body, and a second counter room provided upstream of the first filter main body;
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