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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SETSUO SHOUJI and MASAHIKO TSUNEMI
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Appeal No. 2003-1302
Application 09/035,478
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 9 through 13, 25 and 26, which are all of the
claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 8 and 14
through 24 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention is directed to a split sleeve preform
formable into a split sleeve adapter for fitting rod members,
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