Ex Parte FUKUDA et al - Page 1




                         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                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                 
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                                       Ex parte MASATAKA FUKUDA,                                              
                                       YASUNOBU MATSUMOTO, and                                                
                                             TOMOKO KONDO                                                     
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                                            Appeal No. 2002-1557                                              
                                         Application No. 09/305,746                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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                Before SCHEINER, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                              
                GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      An oral hearing in this case was scheduled for January 23, 2003.  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 2-14.  Claim 6 is representative of the subject matter on           
                appeal, and reads as follows:                                                                 







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