Ex Parte KUSUMOTO - 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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              
                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                    
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                          Ex parte HARUNOBU KUSUMOTO                                                   
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                                                 Appeal No. 2001-2533                                                  
                                              Application No. 09/372,988                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                        
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              Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     



                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4.1                  
              Claims 6-8 have been allowed and claims 5 and 9 have been canceled.                                      


                     We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                                






                     1Claim 2 was amended after the final rejection.                                                   





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