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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 41
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MASAYA IMAMURA and HIROMI OGATA
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Appeal No. 1997-0897
Application No. 08/227,992
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HEARD: August 15, 2002
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Before BARRETT, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection1 of claims 1-5, 12-15, 20-23, and
25-27, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
1 The amendments (Paper No. 21, filed April 24, 1995, and Paper No. 37,
which includes a supplemental appendix, filed July 26, 2001) filed subsequent
to the final rejection (Paper No. 20, mailed January 25, 1995) have been
entered.
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