Ex Parte Kabasawa 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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 TAKASHI KABASAWA,                               
                           MANABU NONAKA and TAKASHI OKADA                            
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                                Appeal No. 2003-1141                                  
                               Application 09/572,745                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Takashi Kabasawa et al. appeal from the final rejection of             
          claims 1, 3 through 11, 13 through 16 and 21 through 29, all of             
          the claims pending in the application.                                      
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a vacuum pump which can be used,              
          for example, to evacuate a semiconductor processing chamber.                












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