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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YASUYUKI TANAKA, NAOYA ICHIKAWA, TOSHIAKI SAKAKI,
YUICHI HIOKI and MASAHARU HAYASHI
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Appeal No. 2001-0676
Application No. 08/941,132
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HEARD: April 25, 2002
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 9 through 19. Claims 1
through 3, 7 and 8, the remaining claims in the above-identified
application, stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as
being drawn to a non-elected invention.
At page 4 of the Brief, appellants have grouped the claims on
appeal as follows:
Group I - Claims 9, 11 and 13 through 16; and
Group II - Claims 10, 12 and 17 through 19.
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