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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte YOSIMI NAKASE, SHIGEMI ITOU
and MASAHIRO KONDOU
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Appeal No. 2002-0159
Application No. 08/951,317
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 and 9-18, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to an ignition coil for
an internal combustion engine. One feature of the invention is
that it uses high voltage connection structures having relative
wider surfaces so as to moderate the electric field between high
voltage connection structures and nearby low voltage structures.
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