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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHIGEKI TAKAHASHI and NIHEI KAISHITA
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Appeal No. 2002-0472
Application No. 09/109,407
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HEARD: August 13, 2002
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Shigeki Takahashi et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 4, 9, 10 and 14 through 24. Claims 6 through 8,
11 through 13, 25 and 26, the only other claims pending in the
application, stand objected to as depending from rejected base
claims.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “an apparatus and method for
aligning a multiplicity of chip parts in a row and delivering the
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