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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROKI SAWADA,
TAKAYUKI KITANO, and
MANABU NAKAI
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Appeal No. 2002-0183
Application No. 09/379,570
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HEARD: December 10, 2002
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9.
Claim 10, the other claim remaining in the present application,
stands withdrawn from consideration.
A copy of illustrative claim 1 is appended to this decision.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
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