Ex Parte ISHIBUCHI et al - Page 1




                    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                   and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22           
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte HIROSHI ISHIBUCHI, HIROYUKI TAKENAKA,                      
                KAZUNORI KOHNO, TOSHIHIDE KATO and HIROYUKI SUZUKI                    
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                                Appeal No. 2000-2229                                  
                             Application No. 09/126,766                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STAAB, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Hiroshi Ishibuchi et al. appeal from the final rejection of            
          claims 3 through 8, all of the claims pending in the                        
          application.1                                                               


                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to “a rotary cutoff apparatus, which             
          is arranged, for example, in a production line for a band-shaped            
          sheet material such as a corrugated fiberboard sheet to cut off             


               1 Claim 8 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.              





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