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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 39
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AKIO TANAKA, NAOTO MIWA, TOSHITAKA SAITO,
HIROMI SANO, KAZUNORI SUZUKI and MASAYA FUJIMOTO
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Appeal No. 2000-1075
Application 08/838,910
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HEARD: MARCH 5, 2002
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Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 32-37 and
refusal to allow claims 21-26 as amended after final rejection.
Claims 12-15 and 27-31, which are all of the other claims pending
in the application, have been indicated allowable.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward an
oxygen detector having a built-in heater. Claims 21 and 32 are
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