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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSHIHIRO HAGIWARA, RYOSUKE UEMATSU, JUNICHI SUETSUGU,
HITOSHI MINEMOTO, and KAZUO SHIMA
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Appeal No. 1999-1652
Application No. 08/758,369
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HEARD: August 16, 2001
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Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the rejection of claims 1-4. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue in this appeal is an ink jet
recording head for ejecting liquid ink having charged toner
particles therein. As shown in Figure 1 of the appellants’
specification, the recording head includes an ink reservoir 3
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