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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HARUO YOSHII,
MITSURU NAIKI, and
YURIKO FUKATA
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Appeal No. 2001-1907
Application No. 08/694,315
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTER, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
An oral hearing in this case was scheduled for November 21, 2002. Upon
reviewing the case, however, we have determined that an oral hearing will not be
necessary and we render the following decision based on the record. See 37
CFR § 1.194(c).
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5-16, 18-23 and 25-27. Claims 1, 15 and 23 are
representative of the subject matter on appeal, and read as follows:
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