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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 AKIHIRO NAGATA, TOSHIAKI ARAGANE,
TAKASHI HAMADA, and YOSHIKI MATSUURA
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Appeal No. 2001-0368
Application No. 09/008,675
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.197(b), appellants request rehearing
of the panel decision dated Aug. 22, 2002, wherein the panel
affirmed the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-10, 13-17 and
21-26. All the other pending claims in appellants’ application,
claims 11-12 and 18-20, stand allowed by the examiner.
Appellants’ request for rehearing is solely directed to the
rejection of claims 1, 3-6, 10, 13-14, 16-17, 21 and 24-25 under
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