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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARTHUR G. CASTILLO, NORMAN YAMAMOTO,
CHITTO R. SARKAR, CHRISTINE KAY LANDIS,
FRANK YEN-JER SHIH, and ZHISONG HUANG
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Appeal No. 2003-0156
Application No. 09/607,996
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, MCQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
By the Board
DECISION ON APPEAL
Arthur G. Castillo, et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 9) of claims 1 through 26, all of the claims pending
in the application.1
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to personalized, paper-holding
binders. Representative claims 1 and 10 read as follows:
1. A binder having a drawable/traceable cover comprising:
front and back covers hingedly coupled together and
including arrangements for holding papers between said covers;
1 Claim 26 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.
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