The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication
in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KUNITAKE MATSUSHITA, TAKAYUKI YAMAWAKI,
HIROSHI SANO, and KAZUO MURAMATSU
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Appeal No. 1998-3026
Application No. 08/531,613
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HEARD: FEBRUARY 20, 2001
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Before THOMAS, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-4, which are all the claims remaining in the application.
We reverse, and enter a new ground of rejection in accordance with 37 CFR §
1.196(b).
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