Ex Parte KAGEYAMA 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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            Ex parte HIDEHEI KAGEYAMA, SHOUJI ANZAI and YOSHIHIDE MITSUYA             
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                                Appeal No. 2001-2361                                  
                             Application No. 09/411,369                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1 through 3, all of the claims pending in the           
          application.                                                                

          Appellants' invention relates to a double-chuck mechanical                  
          pencil having an adapter (3) combined with the pencil's barrel              
          (1) and lead tank (4) so that the back chuck (5) and front chuck            
          (11) are able to slide axially within the barrel, but are                   





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