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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ICHIRO TSUCHIYA, KOHEI KOBAYASHI, HIROAKI OHTA, KAZUYA
KUWAHARA, KATSUYUKI TSUNEISHI, HIDEO MIYAKI, and YASUO MATSUDA
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Appeal No. 2001-2186
Application No. 08/674,865
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HEARD: October 9, 2002
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants appeal the Examiner’s rejection of claims 14, 16, and 19-24. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. Claims 6 and 11-13, the only other pending claims, have
been withdrawn from consideration pursuant to a restriction/election requirement.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to an optical fiber drawing furnace. Claims 14 and 24 are
illustrative:
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