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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT A. HOLTON, SEOKCHAN KIM,
and YUKIO SUZUKI
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Appeal No. 2001-1240
Application No. 08/374,520
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, 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 29-56, all of the claims remaining. Claims 29 and 45 are
representative and are reproduced in an appendix to this opinion.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Holton et al. 5,399,726 Mar. 21, 1995
Holton et al. 5,587,489 Dec. 24, 1996
Claims 29-44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as claiming the same
invention as that of claims 1-13 of U.S. Patent 5,399,726.
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